Governing Health : The Politics of Health Policy,9780801884313

Governing Health : The Politics of Health Policy

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780801884313
ISBN10: 0801884314
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-10-24
Publisher(s): Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Summary

Governing Health examines health care policy making from a long-term, political perspective, describing how Congress, the president, special interest groups, bureaucracy, and state governments help define health policy problems and find politically feasible solutions. The third edition of this pathbreaking book is updated to cover recent legislative efforts, including the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Praise for previous editions of Governing Health

Author Biography

Carol S. Weissert is Collins Eminent Scholar and chair of Civic Education and Political Science at Florida State University. William G. Weissert is a professor of political science at Florida State University and a professor emeritus at University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1(14)
I. Health Policy and Institutions
1. Congress
15(66)
2. The Presidency
81(45)
3. Interest Groups
126(57)
4. Bureaucracy
183(48)
5. States and Health Care Reform
231(70)
II. Health and the Policy Process
6. The Policy Process
301(42)
7. Problem to Policy: Politics of the Medicare Prescription Drug Law
343(42)
Conclusion 385(12)
List of Abbreviations 397(4)
References 401(42)
Index 443

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