Health care as a social good : religious values and American democracy / David M. Craig.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and index.

Introduction: Hearing Health Care Values; PART ONE: The Moral Languages of US Health Care; Chapter 1: Health Care as a Private Benefit or Private Choice; Chapter 2: Health Care as a Public Right; Chapter 3: Health Care as a Social Good; PART TWO: Religious Values in Health Policy, Markets, and Politics; Chapter 4: Modeling Community Benefits: Social Contract, Common Good, Covenant; Chapter 5: Assessing Market-Driven Reforms: Economy without Solidarity; Chapter 6: Building Solidarity: Religious Activism and Social Justice; Conclusion: Religious Values and Community Care.

David M. Craig traveled across the United States to assess health care access, delivery and finance in this country. He interviewed religious hospital administrators and interfaith activists, learning how they balance the values of economic efficiency and community accountability. He met with conservatives, liberals, and moderates, reviewing their ideas for market reform or support for the Affordable Care Act. He discovered that health care in the US is not a private good or a public good. Decades of public policy and philanthropic service have made health care a shared social good. Health Care as a Social Good: Religious Values and the American Democracy argues that as escalating health costs absorb more and more of family income and government budgets, we need to take stock of the full range of health care values to create a different and more affordable community-based health care system. Transformation of that system is a national priority but Americans have failed to find a way to work together that bypasses our differences. Craig insists that community engagement around the common religious conviction that healing is a shared responsibility can help us achieve this transformation--one that will not only help us realize a new and better system, but one that reflects the ideals of American democracy and the common good.

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