UID:
almafu_9959243840802883
Format:
1 online resource (271 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-38554-9
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9786611385545
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0-520-93468-7
Series Statement:
California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 19
Content:
America's market-based health care system, unique among the nations of the world, is in large part the product of an obscure, yet profound, revolution that overthrew the medical monopoly in the late 1970's. In this lucid, balanced account, Carl F. Ameringer tells how this revolution came into being when the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress prompted the antitrust agencies of the federal government-the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department-to change the rules of the health care system. Ameringer lays out the key events that led up to this regime change; explores its broader social, political, and economic contexts; examines the views of both its proponents and opponents; and considers its current trajectory.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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The professional regime -- Precursors of change -- The triumph of market theory -- The Federal Trade Commission takes the lead -- The AMA case -- A question of jurisdiction -- Drawing the line between clinical and business practices -- The quest for antitrust relief -- The demonization of managed care.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-25480-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520934689
