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This 3 page paper examines Jacobs, Marmor & Oberlander's (1998) The Political Paradox of Rationing: The Case of the Oregon Health Plan. The problems of health care in the United States are discussed in general. No additional sources cited.
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care and carry something that looks much like a credit card. With this card, Americans would be guaranteed health care. The problem of the uninsured and of rising health care
costs cannot be quantified. It is something that has gone on for some time, and it is a phenomenon that is hard to control. Costs go up and insurance premiums
go up and with the current system, health care becomes something only for the elite or upper middle class. Even the lower middle class struggles as employers are less generous
with benefits. Some companies offer health care, but their insurance is so scant that caps on benefits could leave someone without resources when they need them most. Some point to
other nations that have free health care and suggest that such a model is the only humane one. But Americans want choice and rationing has become a taboo subject. Yet,
some states--like Oregon--have taken the helm in this area and political leaders are not afraid to speak their minds and examine the rationing of health care. Jacobs, Marmor &
Oberlander (1998) write an article entitled The Political Paradox of Rationing The Case of the Oregon Health Plan. It focuses on the subject of rationing health care. The authors look
at the years 1989 through 1995 and laws which were put in place in Oregon to add an insurance pool and implement other reforms (1998). It was actually an award
winning program that expanded health care in the state (1998). However, from the title of the analysis, one would think that authors are not singing the praises of Oregons program
and instead pointing to a paradox. Yet, as it turns out, the paradox is really that the plan works. Authors also go on to define rationing and talk about the
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