Health policy, federalism, and the American states
By: Robert F. Rich and William D. White, editors.
Contributors: Rich, Robert F.; White, William D., 1945-
Publisher: Urban Institute Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Aldershot
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Federal government -- United States.; Health care reform -- United States -- States.; Medical policy -- United States -- States.
Description: In the ongoing struggle between those favoring centralized and those favoring decentralized government, health care policy is an important issue. This book has three goals: (1) to illustrate how theories of federalism and intergovernmental relations can provide a useful framework for examining how to "divide up the job" in the health care area, (2) to assess the capacity of the states to actually implement health care policy changes, and (3) to weigh the merits of alternative visions of the future role of states and the federal government in health care policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.