Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Chapter One. Statement of the Problem: American Exceptionalism in Health Care and the Emergence of the Great Unsustainable Compromise 1
6. Chapter Two. The Emergence of the New Era of Reform 36
7. Chapter Three. The Theoretical Foundations for Health Care as a Social Right of Citizenship 60
8. Chapter Four. A Principled Critique of the ACA and the ACA in an Evolutionary Perspective 104
9. Chapter Five. A Principled Approach to Radical Health-Care Finance Reform 131
10. Chapter Six. A Principled Approach to Essential Health- Care Delivery System Reforms 159
11. Chapter Seven. Assessing Health- Care System Performance Against the Four Core Aims of Health- Care Policy 202
12. Chapter Eight. Special Issues and Considerations 237
13. Notes 273
14. References 289
15. Index 313