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1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations. |
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American governance and public policy series
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American governance and public policy.
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| Summary |
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 continually able to block reform by lobbying lawmakers. Yet, beginning in the 1970s, accelerating with the failure of the Clinton health care plan, and continuing through the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, health policy reform was alive and well at the state level. Interest Groups and Health Care Reform across the United States assesses the impact of interest groups to determine if collectively they are capable of shaping policy in their own interests or whether they influence policy only at the margins. What can this tell us about the true power of interest groups in this policy arena? The fact that state governments took action in health policy in spite of opposing interests, where the national government could not, offers a compelling puzzle that will be of special interest to scholars and students of public policy, health policy, and state politics. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Health care reform -- United States.
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Health care reform. |
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United States. |
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Medical policy -- United States.
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Medical policy. |
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Pressure groups -- United States.
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Pressure groups. |
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Health Care Reform. |
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Federal Government. |
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Health Policy. |
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Politics. |
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Public Opinion. |
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State Government. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lowery, David, 1952- author.
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Benz, Jennifer K., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gray, Virginia, 1945- Interest groups and health care reform across the United States. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, ©2013 9781589019898 (DLC) 2012037462 |
| ISBN |
1589019903 (electronic book) |
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9781589019904 (electronic book) |
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9781589019898 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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158901989X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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