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| Preface | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Models of Health and Health Policy | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Highlights | p. 11 |
| References | p. 12 |
| National Health and Mental Health Policy in the United States | p. 14 |
| The Failure to Enact National Health Insurance: 1865-1946 | p. 14 |
| Early Efforts to Reform National Health and Mental Health Care: 1865-1912 | ... MOREp. 14 |
| Compulsory Health Insurance Efforts: 1912-1920 | p. 19 |
| Federal-State Reforms and Private Insurance: 1920-1932 | p. 21 |
| The New Deal Reforms: 1932-1940 | p. 24 |
| Federal Health and Mental Health Policy and Services: 1941-1946 | p. 26 |
| Highlights | p. 28 |
| References | p. 30 |
| The Emergence of Employment-Based Insurance and Managed Care: 1943 to the Present | p. 32 |
| The Defeat of National Health Care Legislation: 1943-1949 | p. 33 |
| The Enactment of Medicare: 1950-1965 | p. 34 |
| Health Care Inflation and Strategies for Reform: 1970-1988 | p. 36 |
| The Creation and Role of Community Mental Health Centers: 1963-1992 | p. 40 |
| The Decline of Community Mental Health: 1980-1992 | p. 44 |
| The Rise and Fall of the Health Security Act: 1988-1996 | p. 45 |
| The Aftermath of the Health Security Act: 1995-2003 | p. 52 |
| Reform During the Bush Years | p. 55 |
| Prospects for Reform Under Obama | p. 61 |
| United States Health Care Costs in International Perspective | p. 62 |
| Highlights | p. 63 |
| References | p. 65 |
| The U.S. Health Care System Today | p. 73 |
| Access to Care | p. 73 |
| Health Insurance Coverage in the United States | p. 75 |
| Health Insurance and Utilization of Services | p. 94 |
| Improving Access to Health Care | p. 99 |
| Highlights | p. 101 |
| Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | p. 103 |
| References | p. 103 |
| The Growth, Development, and Future of Managed Care | p. 108 |
| The Health Maintenance Act of 1973 | p. 109 |
| From HMOs to Managed Care | p. 111 |
| From Managed Care to Managed Competition | p. 112 |
| Managed-Care Backlash | p. 114 |
| Managed Care and Medicare | p. 117 |
| Managed Care and Medicaid | p. 121 |
| Managed Behavioral Health Care | p. 123 |
| The Future of Managed Care | p. 127 |
| Highlights | p. 128 |
| Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | p. 130 |
| References | p. 130 |
| Medicare and Medicaid | p. 137 |
| Medicare | p. 138 |
| Medicaid | p. 146 |
| Medicare Milestones | p. 160 |
| Medicaid/CHIP Milestones | p. 161 |
| Highlights | p. 162 |
| Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | p. 163 |
| References | p. 164 |
| At-Risk and Underserved Populations | p. 168 |
| Disparities in Health: People of Color | p. 168 |
| Defining Risk | p. 168 |
| Measuring Health Disparities | p. 169 |
| African Americans | p. 173 |
| Latina/os (Hispanics) | p. 182 |
| Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | p. 185 |
| Native Americans | p. 187 |
| Racial Differences in the Delivery of Medical Care | p. 191 |
| Highlights | p. 195 |
| Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | p. 195 |
| References | p. 196 |
| Disparities in Health: Gender and Age-Based Differences | p. 201 |
| Women and Infants | p. 202 |
| Children and Adolescents | p. 214 |
| Older Adults | p. 223 |
| Highlights | p. 229 |
| Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | p. 230 |
| References | p. 231 |
| New Directions for Health and Health Policy | p. 237 |
| Looking Beyond Health Care | p. 237 |
| What Determines Good Health? | p. 237 |
| Implications for Change | p. 247 |
| Highlights | p. 248 |
| Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | p. 248 |
| References | p. 249 |
| Glossary | p. 253 |
| Index | p. 257 |
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