| Edition |
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. |
| Description |
viii, 422 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The constant gardener -- Intertwined -- Government steps in -- The war of science against disease -- Advocates -- The house of God -- Insuring complexity -- Masters of manipulation -- Equal parts politics and science -- Strange bedfellows : health care, politics, and the Christian Right -- Nigeria, CROS, and research biases -- Viagra : "everything that rises must converge" -- New rules -- Time to deal -- The MIC : tapeworm of American economic competitiveveness. |
| Summary |
"A riveting, character-driven narrative that draws back the curtain on the giant industry that consumes one out of every five American dollars. Making clear for the first time the mechanisms, greed, and collusion by which our medical system was built over the last eight decades and arguing persuasively and urgently for the necessity of a single-payer, multi-plan insurance arena of the kind enjoyed by every other major developed nation, Mike Magee gives us invaluable perspective and inspiration by which we can, indeed, reshape the future." -- Publisher. |
| Subject(S) |
Medical care -- United States.
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Health insurance -- United States.
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Medical policy -- United States.
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Hospital care -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780802129055 (hardcover) |
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0802129056 (hardcover) |
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