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Health Security for All: Dreams of Universal Health Care in America
By Alan Derickson. 240 pp. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. $30. ISBN 0-8018-8081-5.

Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair: Health Care and the Good Society
Edited by James A. Morone and Lawrence R. Jacobs. 382 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 2005. $29.95. ISBN 0-19-517066-0.

When we see a family grieving over the illness of a child and know that nothing can be done, we are disheartened and think, "Life can be unfair." We can be heartened, however, whenever recognized institutions take up the cause of unfair circumstances that can be changed. The Institute of Medicine has advised the nation about the harmful effects of being uninsured. At a time when employer-based health care benefits, Medicare, and Medicaid cover a large majority of the U.S. population, it is estimated that 45 million persons are . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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