Health Care Reform: A New Public Health Movement

The demand for reform of the US health system has taken on the proportions of a great social movement. The call for change can be heard from every segment of society, crossing all lines of geography, race, social class, gender, and age. With a new president in office, the issue has risen to the top...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2016-06, Vol.106 (6), p.1023-1024
Main Author: Young, Quentin D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AJPH History
Cost control
Health care
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health insurance
Insurance industry
Managed competition
Public health
Reforms
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Summary:The demand for reform of the US health system has taken on the proportions of a great social movement. The call for change can be heard from every segment of society, crossing all lines of geography, race, social class, gender, and age. With a new president in office, the issue has risen to the top of the domestic policy agenda, second only to economic reform. That we will have major change is assured; the shape that change will take is at the center of a raging political debate.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2016.10661023