Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair : Health Care and the Good Society

America may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet its citizens have lower life expectancy, more infant mortalities, and higher adolescent death rates than those in most other advanced industrial nations--and even some developing countries. In Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair a distinguished group of health policy experts pointedly examines this troubling paradox, as they chart the stark disparities in health and wealth in the United States. Rich in insight and extensive in scope, these incisive essays explain how growing income inequality, high poverty rates, and inadequate coverage combine to create the U.S.'s current healthcare difficulties. Ultimately, Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair not only identifies the problems contributing to America's healthcare woes but also outlines concrete policy proposals for reform, issuing a clarion call to end the stalemate over health reform. Contents......Page 10 Contributors......Page 12 Introduction: Health and Wealth in the Good Society......Page 16 Part I. An American Dilemma......Page 30 1 Why the United States Is Not Number One in Health......Page 32 2 Health Disparities in the Land of Equality......Page 50 Part II. Corrosive Markets......Page 76 3 How Market Ideology Guarantees Racial Inequality......Page 78 4 The Dangers of the Market Panacea......Page 104 Part III. Silent Groups......Page 148 5 Organized Labor's Incredible Shrinking Social Vision......Page 150 6 Interest Groups and the Reproduction of Inequality......Page 190 Part IV. Chaotic Institutions......Page 216 7 The Congressional Graveyard for Health Care Reform......Page 218 8 Courts, Inequality, and Health Care......Page 248 Part V. The Territory Ahead: Little Victories......Page 278 9 Medicaid at the Crossroads......Page 280 10 Kids and Bureaucrats at the Grass Roots......Page 310 Part VI. Thinking Big......Page 326 11 Incrementalism Adds Up?......Page 328 12 What Government Can Do......Page 350 Conclusion: Prospering in the Age of Global Markets......Page 368 Essential Reading......Page 384 C......Page 390 H......Page 391 M......Page 392 R......Page 393 U......Page 394 Z......Page 395 Introduction : health and wealth in the good society / James A. Morone and Lawrence R. Jacobs Why the United States is not number one in health / Ichiro Kawachi Health disparities in the land of equality / Lawrence R. Jacobs How market ideology guarantees racial inequality / Deborah Stone The dangers of the market panacea / Mark Schlesinger Organized labor's incredible shrinking social vision / Marie Gottschalk Interest groups and the reproduction of inequality / Constance A. Nathanson The congressional graveyard for health care reform / Mark A. Peterson Courts, inequality, and health care / Peter D. Jacobson and Elizabeth Selvin Medicaid at the crossroads / Colleen Grogan and Erik Patashnik Kids and bureaucrats at the grass roots / Elizabeth H. Kilbreth and James A. Morone Incrementalism adds up? / Lawrence D. Brown What government can do / Benjamin I. Page Conclusion : prospering in the age of global markets / Lawrence R. Jacobs and James A. Morone.

in healthy, Wealthy And Fair, A Distinguished Group Of Health Policy Experts Chart The Stark Disparities In Health And Wealth In The United States. The Authors Explain How The Inequities Arise, Why They Persist, And What Makes Them Worse. Growing Income Inequality, High Poverty Rates, And Inadequate Health Care Coverage: All Three Trends Help Account For The U.s.'s Health Troubles. The Corrosive Effects Of Market Ideology And Government Stalemate, The Contributors Argue, Have Also Proved A Powerful Obstacle To Effective And More Egalitarian Solutions.

a Clarion Call For A Populist Uprising To End The Stalemate Over Health Reform, healthy, Wealthy, And Fair Outlines Concrete Policy Proposals For Reform—tapping Bold New Ideas As Well As Incremental Changes To Existing Programs. This Important Work Will Be Indispensable To All Those Who Care About Our People's Health, Inequality, And American Democracy.

"In Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair, a distinguished group of health policy experts charts the stark disparities in health and wealth in the United States. The authors explain how the inequities arise, why they persist, and what makes them worse. Growing income inequality, high poverty rates, and inadequate health care coverage: All three trends help account for the United States's health troubles. The corrosive effects of market ideology and government stalemate, the contributors argue, have also proved a powerful obstacle to effective and more egalitarian solutions." "A clarion call for a populist uprising to end the stalemate over health reform, Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair outlines concrete policy proposals for reform - tapping bold new ideas as well as incremental changes to existing programs. This important work will be indispensable to all those who care about health, inequality, and American democracy."--BOOK JACKET America may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but its citizens rank near the bottom in health status. Americans have lower life expectancy, more infant mortalities and higher adolescent death rates than most other advanced industrial nations - and even some developing countries. Though Americans are famous for tolerating great inequality in wealth, the gross inequities in the health system are less well recognized. In ""Healthy, Wealthy and Fair"", a distinguished group of health policy experts chart the stark disparities in health and wealth in the United States. The authors ex Americans are quite accustomed to seeing their country rank at the very top of the medal chart at the Summer Olympic Games.