Download or read book One Nation, Uninsured written by Jill Quadagno and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Nation, Uninsured offers a vividly written history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Covering the entire twentieth century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stakeholders, who mobilized their considerable resources to keep the financing of health care out of the government's hands.