The Accidental System Health Care Policy In America [Paperback]

With the demise of the Clinton health care reform plan, the debate on health care changed but did not subside. From opinion pieces in newspapers to dinner-table conversations, the debate over whether the right to quality health care is a public right, akin to educating our children, or whether it is a private one, akin to life insurance, continues. In The Accidental System Michael Reagan shows that in the American political context, health care is neither exclusively a public right nor a private privilege. This insightful policy study provides students with an excellent demonstration of how public policy intersects with private markets.The Basic Dilemma -- The Accidental System -- The Stakeholders and the Policy Process -- Beneath the Dilemmas, the Trilemma -- Medicare and Medicaid -- Good Health at Lower Cost -- Managed Care -- Controlling Costs -- A Sensible Wild Idea