The Political Life of Medicare

In recent years, bitter partisan disputes have erupted over Medicare reform. Democrats and Republicans have fiercely contested issues such as prescription drug coverage and how to finance Medicare to absorb the baby boomers. As Jonathan Oberlander demonstrates in "The Political Life of Medicare," these developments herald the reopening of a historic debate over Medicare's fundamental purpose and structure. Revealing how Medicare politics and policies have developed since Medicare's enactment in 1965 and what the program's future holds, Oberlander's timely and accessible analysis will interest anyone concerned with American politics and public policy, health care politics, aging, and the welfare state.

Summary

Oberlander provides a comprehensive hostory of Medicare politics, from the decades of consensus to debates over Medicare reform. Revealing how Medicare policies have developed over the past several decades this analysis will interest anyone concerned with public policy or healthcare.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Oberlander
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2003
• EAN: 9780226615967
• ISBN: 978-0-226-61596-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 17 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 425 g
• Series: American Politics & Political Economy S.; American Politics & Political; American Politics & Political Economy S.; American Politics/Political Economy Series Appe (CHUP); American Politics and Political Economy Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas