The Transformation of American Health Insurance

On the Path to Medicare for All

Troyen A. Brennan

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Johns Hopkins University Press
24 September 2024

Public health & safety law; Public health & preventive medicine; Medical insurance

It is equally important to all Americans as they face an inscrutable health insurance system and wonder what the future might hold for them regarding affordable coverage.

By: Troyen A. Brennan
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781421449098
ISBN 10: 1421449099
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 24 September 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Why Health Insurance Is Tied to Employment 2. What Do Health Insurers Do? 3. Health Care in the 1990s: To Manage or Not Manage Care 4. Twenty-First-Century Numbers 5. The Strange World of Pharmacy Commerce 6. The Commercial Parts of Medicare: Parts C and D 7. The Affordable Care Act: Presumption of Coverage Combined with a Regulated Market 8. Entering the 2020s 9. The Evolution of American Health Insurance: A Medicare Advantage for All Future 10. Medicare for All: A Single-Payer System Notes Index

Troyen A. Brennan is an adjunct professor of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is a former professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the former chief medical officer at CVS Health. He is the author of Just Doctoring: Medical Ethics in the Liberal State and the coauthor of New Rules: Regulation, Markets, and the Quality of American Health Care.