This book offers a timely and important analysis of the health insurance crisis in America. Relying on data from a wide range of publications about the health insurance industry, it investigates the causes of the industry's problems and analyzes the social effects of the growing crisis.
By:
Lawrence D. Weiss
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 225mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367153571
ISBN 10: 0367153572
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 07 December 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
,
Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Placing the Soclal Fact of Private Health Insurance in Perspective 2. Historical Development and Current Profile of the Commercial Health Insurance Industry 3. Creating the Uninsured 4. Employer Cost-cutting Strategies 5. Fraud and Deception 6. Price Fixing and Conspiracy 7. Insolvencies: Insurance Companies That Cannot Pay Claims 8. The Inefficient Private Sector 9. A Political Question: Accommodation, Compromise, or Struggle? 10. Summary and Conclusions
