This book provides a comprehensive picture of the issues in the American health care system, without wading through a lot of technical jargon. It outlines the features essential to a medically, financially, and politically effective cure to the health care system's ailments.
In this book, the author shows that in the American political context, health care is neither exclusively a public right nor a private privilege. He provides students with an excellent demonstration of how public policy intersects with private markets.