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Health care politics and policy in America

An updated edition of this text which combines an historical overview of U.S. health policy and the origins of the Medicare and Medicaid programmes with analysis of current trends and reform efforts, including medical liability and tort reform and the backlash against managed care.
Print Book, English, ©1999
M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, N.Y., ©1999
xxv, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780765603890, 9780765603906, 0765603896, 076560390X
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Health care politics
Health care policy in the United States
Medicaid: health care for the poor
Medicare: health care for the elderly and disabled
Health care and the disadvantaged: falling through the cracks
Health care cost containment
Medical malpractice and medical liability
Health care technology
Reforming the system
The triumph of incrementalism: revolution, rationing, and reaction
Conclusion: health care policy at the end of the twentieth century