TY - BOOK AU - Faguet,Guy B. TI - The Affordable Care Act: a missed opportunity, a better way forward SN - 9780875869773 AV - RA971.3 U1 - 362.1068/1 23 PY - 2013///] CY - New York PB - Algora Pub. KW - United States KW - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act KW - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) KW - fast KW - National health insurance KW - Medical care, Cost of KW - Health care reform KW - Health insurance KW - National Health Insurance, United States KW - Health Care Costs KW - Insurance, Health KW - economics KW - Assurance-maladie KW - États-Unis KW - Soins médicaux KW - Coût KW - Services de santé KW - Réforme KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Social Security KW - bisacsh KW - Social Services & Welfare KW - Electronic books KW - Reference works KW - lcgft KW - Ouvrages de référence KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Historical overview -- Root causes of the spiraling healthcare costs -- Cost control initiatives -- The politics and the money behind the bill -- Outline of the Affordable Care Act -- The U.S. healthcare system : a brief outline -- Foreign and domestic health models we can learn from -- An equitable and affordable universal health system N2 - Responsibility for the current inequitable and costly health system is widely shared among all players. This book by a Professor of Medicine with 30 years of teaching and clinical experience analyzes the situation and proposes a solution that, just like the problem, will rely on all parties in a bid to endow America with an equitable and affordable universal health system UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=632637 ER -