The Accidental System

"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 or not 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 D. 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."--BOOK JACKET.