The Rational Option for a National Health Program

Canham-Clyne, John, Woolhandler, Steffie, Himmelstein, David

ISBN 10: 096305872X / ISBN 13: 9780963058720

Published by Pamphleteer's Press, 1995

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Synopsis:

This work presents a detailed description of a national health program which nearly every advanced industrial democracy, except the United States, has established, in one form or another, as an effective means of providing universal health coverage for all citizens. Known as the "single-payer" option, it provides the basis for the health systems in Canada and much of Western Europe. In clear concise language, the authors of this work cut through the morass of the health care debate and set forth a rational program which will provide coverage for America's forty million uninsured and guarantee freedom of choice in choosing one's physicians. It is a proposal which the Congressional Budget Office described as the most cost effective of all plans capable of covering every American with a comprehensive range of benefits.
As advocates of universal coverage, the authors take aim at the Clinton Administration's flawed and ineffective approach to health care reform. They are critical of the tactical compromises made by an administration which sought to accommodate the opponents of universal coverage by mediating a reform through the private insurance industry. Single-payer advocates were implacably opposed to any compromise with those who for the sake of pecuniary gain, had denied Americans, for more than two generations, a national health program. In their view, an effective political strategy had to confront and defeat such interests in order to secure a rational and civilized medical system for all Americans. The Clinton effort is part of history. For those who ask if another road was, and still is possible, this work is an essential text. The Rational Option is a book for the future.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Rational Option for a National Health ...
Publisher: Pamphleteer's Press
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good