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Interest groups and health care reform across the United States /

Universal health care was on the national political agenda for nearly a hundred years until a comprehensive (but not universal) health care reform bill supported by President Obama passed in 2010. The most common explanation for the failure of past reform efforts is that special interests were conti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gray, Virginia, 1945- (Autor), Lowery, David, 1952- (Autor), Benz, Jennifer K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]
Colección:American governance and public policy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Interests and health policy
  • Health care and organized interests in the United States
  • The theory and structure of health interest communities in the states
  • State pharmacy assistance programs as innovations
  • The politics of managing managed care
  • Universal health care in the states
  • Conclusion : lessons learned and opportunities for influence in the ACA [Affordable Care Act] policy environment.