Interest Groups and Health Care Reform Across the United States

Informationen zum Autor Virginia Gray is Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science! University of North Carolina! Chapel Hill. David Lowery is the Bruce R. Miller and Dean D. LaVigne Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University Jennifer K. Benz serves as a senior research scientist for NORC at the University of Chicago. Klappentext Universal health care was on the national political agenda for nearly a hundred years until a comprehensive health care reform bill supported by President Obama passed in 2010. This title assesses the impact of interest groups to determine if they are capable of shaping policy in their own interests or whether they influence policy at the margins. Zusammenfassung Universal health care was on the national political agenda for nearly a hundred years until a comprehensive health care reform bill supported by President Obama passed in 2010. This title assesses the impact of interest groups to determine if they are capable of shaping policy in their own interests or whether they influence policy at the margins. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Health Care and Organized Interests in the United States 2. The Theory and Structure of Health Interest Communities in the States 3. State Pharmacy Assistance Programs as Innovations 4. The Politics of Managing Managed Care 5. Universal Health Care in the States 6. Conclusion Appendix 2.1: Descriptions of Health Interest Organization Sub-Guilds Appendix 2.2: States Ranked by Health Interest Group Density Appendix 2.3: Density by Sub-Guild! Raw Numbers in 1998 Appendix 2.4: PAC Data Source Appendix 3.1: List of Data Sources Appendix 3.2: Estimation of Annual Interest Group Measures Using ESA Model Appendix 4.1: Data Sources of Dependent Variables Appendix 4.2: Managed Care Regulation Descriptive Statistics Appendix 4.3: Definitions and Sources of Independent Variables Appendix 5.1: Sources of Dependent Variables Appendix 5.2: Sources of Independent Variables References Index ...

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• Authors: Jennifer K. Benz, Virginia Gray, Virginia (Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science Gray, Virginia Lowery Gray, Virginia/ Lowery Gray, GRAY VIRGINIA LOWERY DAVID BENZ, David Lowery
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9781589019898
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-989-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public Policy series; American Governance and Public
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education