Part I: The organization and function of the American Health Care System. Why health and health care matter
How America's health system works
How we pay for health care
The polities of health care
Part II: Problems and challenges facing the American Health Care System. A holistic vision of health care costs
Unwarranted costs of the present health care system
Too much costly health care
Universal health care around the world: how other countries do it
Part III: The case for universal health care. The plan: universal health care for the United STates
Improving quality & containing costs
The ethical & moral case for universal health care
The economic case for universal health care
Implementing the plan: Why it's in our best interests.