Book contents
- Half title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 Background: Physicians Choose the Insurance Company Model, Late Nineteenth Century–1940s
- 2 Federal Reform Politics: Implanting theInsurance Company Model, 1945–1960
- 3 Sclerotic Institution: The Declining Power of Organized Physicians and the AMA
- 4 Organized for Profit: The Hidden Influence of Insurance Companies and the HIAA
- 5 The Conflicted Construction of Blue Shield: Caught between Blue Cross and the AMA
- 6 Corporate Health Care: From Cost Controls to Medical Decision Making
- 7 The Politics of Medicare, 1957–1965
- 8 Epilogue: The Limits of “Comprehensive” Reform, 1965–2010
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index
7 - The Politics of Medicare, 1957–1965
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
Book contents
- Half title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 Background: Physicians Choose the Insurance Company Model, Late Nineteenth Century–1940s
- 2 Federal Reform Politics: Implanting theInsurance Company Model, 1945–1960
- 3 Sclerotic Institution: The Declining Power of Organized Physicians and the AMA
- 4 Organized for Profit: The Hidden Influence of Insurance Companies and the HIAA
- 5 The Conflicted Construction of Blue Shield: Caught between Blue Cross and the AMA
- 6 Corporate Health Care: From Cost Controls to Medical Decision Making
- 7 The Politics of Medicare, 1957–1965
- 8 Epilogue: The Limits of “Comprehensive” Reform, 1965–2010
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index
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- Ensuring America's HealthThe Public Creation of the Corporate Health Care System, pp. 194 - 232Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015