| Acknowledgements | 第1-3页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 2 The Historical Development of the US Health Care System | 第13-22页 |
| ·The Health Care System in Preindustrial America | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Health Care System in Postindustrial America | 第15-22页 |
| ·Reform of the Medical Education | 第15-16页 |
| ·Improvement of the Medical Profession and the Hospitals | 第16-17页 |
| ·Creation and the Rise of Private Health Insurance | 第17-18页 |
| ·Failure of National Health Care in the United States | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Creation of Medicare and Medicaid | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 3 An Introduction to President Obama’s Health Care Reform | 第22-32页 |
| ·Contents of the Health Care Reform | 第22-25页 |
| ·Goals of the Reform | 第22-23页 |
| ·Principal Measures | 第23-25页 |
| ·Motivations for the Launch of the Reform | 第25-29页 |
| ·Rapidly Rising Costs versus Low Efficiency | 第26-27页 |
| ·Limited Coverage versus Unequal Access | 第27-28页 |
| ·Great Economic Burden for the Government and the Enterprises | 第28-29页 |
| ·Favorable Conditions for the Launch of the Reform | 第29-32页 |
| ·Consensus Reached on the Reform | 第29-30页 |
| ·Reconciliation of Different Interests | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 An Analysis of the Forces Opposing the Health Care Reform: A Social and Cultural Perspective | 第32-49页 |
| ·The Cultural Obstacles to the Health Care Reform | 第32-43页 |
| ·Work | 第33-34页 |
| ·Mobility | 第34-36页 |
| ·Status | 第36-38页 |
| ·Independence | 第38-40页 |
| ·Moralism | 第40-41页 |
| ·Anti-statist Values and Distrust of Government | 第41-43页 |
| ·Social Obstacles to the Reform of the Health Care System | 第43-49页 |
| ·Free Market | 第43-45页 |
| ·Social and State Structure | 第45-47页 |
| ·Religious Beliefs | 第47-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-54页 |
| 附件 | 第54页 |
