Health care for some: rights and rationing in the United States since 1930

Rationing and rights: history and definitions

Rights and rationing before 1930

The Struggle for Health Care in the Great Depression: A crisis of access ; Social security without health security.

Prosperity and Exclusion, 1941-1964: Health care at war ; Rights to refuse, the triumph of the hospital ; Rationing by coverage, the rise of private health insurance.

New Entitlements and New Movements, 1965-1980: Entitlements but not rights, Medicare and Medicaid ; The rise of health care activism.

Rights vs. Markets, 1981-2008: Emergency rooms and epidemics ; At the breaking point ; Rights, rationing, and reform.