Health at Risk: America's Ailing Health System--and How to Heal It by Jacob Hack

Description: Health at Risk by Jacob Hacker Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security. Publisher Description In this volume, the nations leading advisors on health policy and financing appraise Americas ailing healthcare system and suggest reasonable approaches to its rehabilitation. Each chapter confronts a major challenge to the countrys health security, from runaway costs and uneven quality of care to declining levels of insurance coverage, medical bankruptcy, and the growing enthusiasm for health plans that put patients in charge of risk and cost. Bringing the latest research to bear on these issues, contributors diagnose the problems of our present system and offer treatments grounded in extensive experience. Free of bias and rhetoric, Health at Risk is an invaluable tool for those who are concerned with the current state of healthcare and are eager to effect change. Author Biography Craig Calhoun has been president of the Social Science Research Council since 1999. He is also University Professor of the Social Sciences at NYU. Calhouns empirical research has ranged from Britain and France to China and three different African countries. His study of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 resulted in the prize-winning book, Neither Gods Nor Emperors: Students aand the Struggle for Democracy in China. Most recently he has written Nations Matter: Citizenship, Solidarity, and the Cosmopolitan Dream. Jacob Hacker is Peter Strauss Family Professor of Political Science at Yale University and Resident Fellow of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. A political scientist who studies U.S. public policy in historical and cross-national perspective, he has recently published, with Paul Pierson, Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy and The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity-and What Can Be Done About It. Details ISBN 0231146035 ISBN-13 9780231146036 Title Health at Risk Author Jacob Hacker Format Paperback Year 2008 Pages 152 Publisher Columbia University Press GE_Item_ID:137925650; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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