Mother of invention : how the government created free-market health care / Robert I. Field.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]

xvii, 308 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-297) and index.

Whats private about the free market? -- The government and the private market in health care -- How the government created the pharmaceutical industry -- How the government created the hospital industry -- How the government created the medical profession -- How the government created private health insurance -- The distinctively American system that the government created -- Health reform, government initiative, and the future of American health care.