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Book SynopsisHow do government and private interests shape the health policy process?In this classic text, William G. Weissert and Carol S. Weissert describe how government and private interests help define health policy. Under the Obama administration, the federal government took a broadened role in setting health policy and insurance regulations. But the succeeding Trump administration and a Republican congress threatened to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its core tenets. Chronicling these recent important changes, Governing Health explores the political science theory behind this and other major shifts in national health policy. In this thoroughly updated edition, the authors describe how party polarization, a virulent anti-government movement, populist presidential politics, and the demise of regular order in Congress shape and define a new approach to health policy. This revised edition also offers a comprehensive synthesis of Obamacare, touching on everything from Accountable C
Trade ReviewThis book could prove useful for those interested in the process and contributing factors of health policy formation such as scholars and professionals in the fields of governance, medicine, and public health.
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Communication Booknotes QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Policy Process
Chapter 2. Congress
Chapter 3. The Presidency
Chapter 4. Interest Groups
Chapter 5. The Bureaucracy
Chapter 6. States and Health Care Reform
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
