Introduction to U.S. health policy : the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in America / Donald A. Barr.
Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvii, 355 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9781421402178 (alk. paper)
- 1421402173 (alk. paper)
- 9781421402185 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1421402181 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Introduction to United States health policy
- 362.10973 22
- RA393 .B335 2011
- W 84 AA1
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-349) and index.
The affordable care act and the politics of health care reform -- Health, health care, and the market economy -- Health care as a reflection of underlying cultural values and institutions -- The health professions and the organization of health care -- Health insurance, HMOs, and the managed care revolution -- Medicare -- Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- The increasing role of for-profit health care -- Pharmaceutical policy and the rising cost of prescription drugs -- Long-term care -- The uninsured -- Factors other than health insurance that impede access to health care -- Key policy issues for deciding the direction of health care reform.