Health Care for Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States since 1930

"Skillfully chronicles America's struggles to make health care a right from the Depression through Obamacare. . . . beautifully written [and] compelling." -Jonathan Oberlander, author of The Political Life of Medicare
Named by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title

In Health Care for Some, Beatrix Hoffman offers an engaging, in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. She argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adop...