{"product_id":"governing-health-9781421428932","title":"Governing Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCommunication Booknotes Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Policy Process \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Congress\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Presidency\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Interest Groups\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Bureaucracy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. States and Health Care Reform\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529536217431,"sku":"9781421428932","price":64.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421428932.jpg?v=1731876001","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/governing-health-9781421428932","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}