{"product_id":"9781468444261","title":"The Hastings Center Series in Ethics: Health Needs and the Health Care System","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Hastings Center Series in Ethics: Health Needs and the Health Care System\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBayer, Ronald\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Several years ago, when the Carter administration announced that it would support congressional action to end the public fund­ ing of abortions, the President was asked at a press conference whether he thought that such a policy was unfair; he responded, \"Life is unfair.\" His remarks provoked a storm of controversy. For other than those who, for principled reasons, opposed abor­ tion on any grounds, it seemed that the President's comments were cruel, violating what was thought to be an American com­ mitment to providing equal access to health services to all citi­ zens, regardless of their capacity to pay. Those sentiments had, in fact, been reflected in public opinion polls that had, for at least three decades, indicated that Americans supported the propo­ sition that the government should guarantee health care to all. Ultimately, those beliefs had been translated into the oft-ex­ 1 pressed political demand for a one-class system of health care. This commitment to equality is rather remarkable. American society evidences a striking willingness to tolerate vast inequal­ ities with regard to income and wealth. While it guarantees ed­ ucation to all children, there is not even a pretense that the children of the wealthy and the children of the poor ought to get precisely the same kind of schooling. While some commitment 'Hazel Erskine. \"The Polls: Health Insurance,\" Public Opinion Quarterly, XXXIX (Spring, 1975), 128-143.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-12-12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781468444261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4684-4424-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 240\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44450525872268,"sku":"9781468444261","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781468444261.jpg?v=1775735803","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781468444261","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}