| Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes) : color illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
volume 1. A-L -- volume 2. M-Z ; Glossary ; Organizations ; State health insurance exchanges ; State health agencies ; Top health insurance companies ; Federal health information centers and clearinghouses ; Toll-free numbers for health information ; General index. |
| Summary |
This text focuses on the U.S. healthcare system and the individual's experience with it. Entries cover topics related to the current state of health insurance, the various kinds (including government programs like Medicare and Medicaid) and methods of its delivery, as well as the history of insurance and the evolution of our current for-profit system. Healthcare legislation and reform is also discussed. |
| Subject |
United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
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Delivery of Health Care -- United States. |
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Insurance, Health -- United States. |
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Medical Assistance -- United States. |
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Health insurance -- United States.
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National health insurance -- United States.
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National health services -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Narins, Brigham, 1962- editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Consumer health care. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014 9781573027229 (DLC) 2013043475 |
| ISBN |
9781573027250 (electronic book) |
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1573027251 (electronic book) |
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9781573027229 (hardcover : set) |
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9781573027236 (hardcover : volume 1) |
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1573027235 (hardcover : vol. 1) |
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9781573027243 (hardcover : volume 2) |
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1573027243 (hardcover : vol. 2) |
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