Introduction to U.S. health policy : the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in America / Donald A. Barr.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

xiv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

2nd ed., Johns Hopkins ed.

Health, health care, and the market economy -- Health care as a reflection of underlying cultural values and institutions -- The health professions and the organization of health care -- Health insurance, HMOs, and the managed care revolution -- Medicare -- Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- The increasing role of for-profit health care -- Pharmaceutical policy and the rising cost of prescription drugs -- Long-term care -- The uninsured -- Factors other than health insurance that impede access to health care -- Key policy issues for deciding the direction of health care reform -- Where do we go from here? options for health care reform.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-300) and index.