Governing Health: The Politics of Health Policy - Softcover

Weissert, Carol S.; Weissert, William G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801868467 ISBN 13: 9780801868467

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

Synopsis

In the first edition of the acclaimed Governing Health, Carol S. Weissert and William G. Weissert examined health care policy making from a long-term political perspective, describing how Congress, the president, special interest groups, bureaucracy, and state governments helped define health policy problems and find politically feasible solutions. Now, in this second edition, the authors have expanded their coverage and analysis to demonstrate their themes in four key time periods: 1965, when Medicaid and Medicare were passed; 1981, when OBRA came into being; 1994, when health care reform was at the forefront of President Clinton's agenda; and 2000, when health care reform formed a part of the presidential campaign platforms.

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Praise for the first edition:

"One of the most important books in health care policy to have been written in years. It demonstrates that institutions and politics do matter. Governing Health is stimulating, thoughtful, and well written. It is highly recommended for all those who teach and study health care policy."—Michael Harris, Perspectives on Political Science

"Governing Health is an important piece of scholarship. It connects policymaking in the increasingly important sphere of health politics to the literature of political science. As such, it is likely to be of interest both to political scientists (especially those unfamiliar with health policy) and policy specialists outside the discipline."—Richard Himelfarb, American Political Science Review

"Even for those who have studied health policy extensively, the Weisserts' book is so thorough (and absorbing) that one can expect to encounter new information, research findings and insights."—Deborah McFarlane, Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law

"A useful textbook for those in medical care with only a passing knowledge of the patterns of federal policy making in the postwar period."—New England Journal of Medicine

About the Author

Carol S. Weissert is a professor of political science and director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University. William G. Weissert is a professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0801868467
• ISBN 13: 9780801868467
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384