Political Aspects of Health Care Navigating the Waters of Conflicting Policy /

• Main Author: Lavanty, Donald F. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Public policy.; United States-Politics and government.; Public administration.; Social policy.; Public Policy.; US Politics.; Public Administration.; Social Policy.

As a consultant for healthcare associations working on all the healthcare laws from Medicare, the Health Manpower Act, Budget Reconciliation, Clinton healthcare efforts and the Affordable Healthcare Act, Donald Lavanty had a front-row seat from which to witness the politics and policies motivating e...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Pre-Medicare
• 2. The Federal Government Enters the Healthcare Field
• 3. The Action Period of Healthcare Legislation
• 4. The Cost Realities and Political Events' Impact on National Healthcare Action
• 5. The Era of Budget Politics
• 6. The Reagan Era of Politics and Healthcare
• 7. Medicare Meets the Marketplace: The Bush-Clinton Years
• 8. Health Care Reductions and the "Donut Hole"
• 9. The Politics of the Affordable Care Act.