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In this chapter, the problems that face attempts to develop a health-care delivery system in the United States will be identified, the moral issues will be discussed, statistics regarding the financing of U.S. health-care examined, and implications of the “R” word—rationing—will be considered.
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Petrinovich, L. (1996). Health-Care Policy. In: Living and Dying Well. Critical Issues in Social Justice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0206-1_9
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