Health Care as a Social Good Religious Values and American Democracy - Craig, David M. (Georgetown University Press, 2014)
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Hearing Health Care Values; PART ONE: The Moral Languages of US Health Care; Chapter 1: Health Care as a Private Benefit or Private Choice; Chapter 2: Health Care as a Public Right; Chapter 3: Health Care as a Social Good; PART TWO: Religious Values in Health Policy, Markets, and Politics; Chapter 4: Modeling Community Benefits: Social Contract, Common Good, Covenant; Chapter 5: Assessing Market-Driven Reforms: Economy without Solidarity; Chapter 6: Building Solidarity: Religious Activism and Social Justice
Conclusion: Religious Values and Community CareBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.
David M. Craig traveled across the United States to assess health care access, delivery and finance in this country. He interviewed religious hospital administrators and interfaith activists, learning how they balance the values of economic efficiency and community accountability. He met with conservatives, liberals, and moderates, reviewing their ideas for market reform or support for the Affordable Care Act. He discovered that health care in the US is not a private good or a public good. Decades of public policy and philanthropic service have made health care a shared social good. Health Car