Health Politics and Policy

by Morone, James A.; Litman, Theodor J.; Robins, Leonard S.

• ISBN13: 9781418014285
• ISBN10: 1418014281
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-03
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning

Summary

The fourth edition of Health Politics and Policy examines the political arena in which United States health care policies are made, and provides a framework for understanding how the process works. This book conveys the excitement of health care politics and covers the issues facing the American health care system. Factors that shape health policy are discussed in detail, including values, private players, and government, as well as the resulting dynamic of these forces. A comparison of the U.S. system to others offers a foundation for understanding our system within an international context.

Table of Contents

Health Politics and Policy in Perspective: The Key Concepts

Markets and Politics in Health Care

Values and Health Policy: Understanding Fairness and Efficiency

Morality, Politics, and Health Policy

Arenas in Health Policy

Health Policy and the Political Structure

Congress

The President

The Courts

State Governments Case Study: Maine: Thinking Big, Fighting Hard

Federalism

The Health Policy Process: Interest Groups, Stakeholders, and Public Opinion

The Public-Private Welfare State

The American Health Care System

Public Opinion

Lobbyists: Ten Myths About Power and Influence

Employers and Health Care: A Sick Business

The Outcomes: Programs, Policies, and Problems

Shopping for Long-Term Care

Medicare: The Great Transformation

Medicaid: Health Care for You and Me?

The Elderly: Health Politics Beyond Aging

Environmental Policy and Health

AIDS

The United States in International Perspective

American Health Care in International Perspective

Devil Take the Hindmost: Private Health Insurance and the Costs of American Exceptionalism

Taking Medicine to Market: Competition in Britain and the U.S

Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future

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