Healthcare Reform in America: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Healthcare Reform in America: A Reference Handbook reviews the failed attempts at health care reform in the last century, identifying the economic, social, and political forces that pushed for a national system and those that prevented it from happening. Written by two of our most respected and incisive health care critics, the book vividly demonstrates that right now, concerns about quality and cost, plummeting consumer satisfaction, and the need for reform are as great as they have ever been.

Balanced, authoritative, and compelling, the book gives readers the basic tools they need to understand the core problems, access important data, and make informed decisions and valuable contributions toward reforming the system.

Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld is professor of sociology at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Michael R. Kronenfeld is director of the Educational Resources Center at the A. T. Still University of Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ.