Health policy
Subtitle: the decade ahead
By: James M. Brasfield
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781588267726; 9781588267979
Subjects: Health Policy; Trends; Medical policy
Description: "This timely and engaging text explores the full gamut of health policy issues confronting the United States, ranging from Medicare and Medicaid, to the heated controversies surrounding health care reform, to the sleeping giant of long-term care. Notable features of the text include balanced and user-friendly discussions of: how the real-world policy process works, competing proposals for Medicare and Medicaid reform, the details of and the debates surrounding the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the challenges posed by an aging population, and the experiences of other countries grappling with similar problems. For close to a century, health policy issues have never been far from the center of the political agenda. James Brasfield traces the ideas behind the debates, examines the politics of health care, and offers possible scenarios for the decades ahead."--Amazon.com
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The political economy of health care; title: The health policy system; title: Medicare : national health insurance for older americans; title: Medicaid : the accidental program; title: Too much money : uncontrolled costs; title: Long-term care : the sleeping giant; title: Health care reform : the dream deferred; title: How other countries do it; title: What can we expect by 2021?