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Genre/Form: | Thèses et écrits académiques |
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Additional Physical Format: | La couverture maladie aux États-Unis : Contribution à l'étude des systèmes de protection sociale / Olivier André Aix-en-Provence : Presses universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, 2021 1 vol. (647 p.). (@Collection du centre de droit social) 978-2-7314-1193-5 (ABES)25573378X |
Material Type: | Document, Thesis/dissertation |
Document Type: | Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Olivier André; Alexis Bugada; Blandine Chélini-Pont; Jean-Pierre Laborde, juriste).; Patrick Morvan; Dominique Bailleux, juriste).; Marie Mercat-Bruns; Aix-Marseille Université.; Ecole Doctorale Sciences Juridiques et Politiques (Aix-en-Provence). |
OCLC Number: | 1191818637 |
Notes: | Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Responsibility: | Olivier André ; sous la direction de Alexis Bugada et de Blandine Chélini-Pont. |
Abstract:
Nearly a decade after the adoption of the Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” health coverage remains an extremely controversial issue in the United States. Although healthcare management has been profoundly redesigned, it is still not based on a single-payer system. The creation of platforms in each State to facilitate health plan subscription and the introduction of binding legislation are not intended to replace the market but to improve it. This market-based approach is embodied in the enactment of a general obligation for companies to cover their employees (employer mandate) and, especially, a personal obligation to maintain coverage (individual mandate). However, universalizing coverage, by reconciling a rudimentary form of solidarity with individualistic values of American society, has not been easily achieved. The generalizing dynamic expected from the 2010 reform has been deeply thwarted. Legal, political and social challenges have disrupted its implementation. The resulting extraordinary judicial litigation is testament to the American reluctance to establish universal health coverage. And yet, the ACA reforms would have respected the market dimension of insurance and respected the individual States through a very conciliatory approach to their sovereignty. The surprising mobilization against this legislation, which has not undermined the private insurance system, highlights determinants that still hinder universal health coverage in the United States. Most Western countries have already achieved the objective of universal healthcare.
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