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Health Security for All
Dreams of Universal Health Care in America
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May 2005 -  This provocative work explores the invention and reinvention of a fundamental goal of American social policy—universal health care. In Health Security for All, Alan Derickson examines the emergence of diverse proposals for all-encompassing health reform since the early twentieth century. This study discovers not only a number of imaginative arguments for extending health services but also an unexpectedly wide array of passionate advocates for universalism. An innovative approach to one of the great unresolved social and political problems of our time, Health Security for All will be of interest to social scientists, health policy scholars, historians, and idealists across the political spectrum. Reviews
"An important contribution to our understanding of American health policy. It will reach a wide audience in history, public health, and political science."
--Adam D. Sheingate, Johns Hopkins University "Derickson's scholarship is persuasive and refreshing. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students would highly benefit from this work, as would researchers and scholars in health policy, health services research, and public health."
--Daniel M. Fox, President, Milbank Memorial Fund Visit Professor Derickson's webpage at Penn State. Author Information
Alan Derickson is professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Health Security for All
Dreams of Universal Health Care in America
Alan Derickson
$30.00 hardcover
0-8018-8081-5
2005 256 pp.
The Johns Hopkins University Press
(410) 516-6900
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