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Podcast: New Books in Human Rights
Episode: Beatrix Hoffman, âHealth Care for Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States since 1930â (U of Chicago, 2012)
Description: Disputes over the definitions or legality of ârightsâ and ârationingâ in their various guises have animated much of the debate around the United States Affordable Care Act. Many legislators and vocal members of their constituency have strong convictions about the state of our current national health care system and where it is going. Far fewer, however, understand how our current state of affairs is the product of a quite recent and contingent history, which is precisely what Beatrix Hoffmanâs Health Care for Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States since 1930 (University of Chicago, 2012) sets out to explain. While Hoffman...