1st Edition

Consumer Choice Social Welfare and Health Policy

Edited By Christopher T. Erb Copyright 2009
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

The United States health care system is unique among those of other developed economies--most significantly because health care is not a legal right in the United States. Instead, it is considered an employee benefit and a privilege, unless one is over age 65 or of low income. The United States is the only developed country without some form of universal health care. Contributors to this volume... Read more
Acknowledgements, Glossary, List of Tables and Figures, Introduction: Consumer Choice and Health Care Policy Challenges, Part 1 - Challenges and Opportunities in American Health Care Policy, Part 2 - Consumer Choice Trends in Health Care Policy, Part 3 - Consumer Choice in Perspective, About the Authors, Index

Biography

Christopher T. Erb