U.S. health policy and politics
Subtitle: a documentary history
By: Kevin Hillstrom
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 717
ISBN-13: 9781608710263
Subjects: History, Modern 1601-; Legislation & jurisprudence; Delivery of Health Care; Health Policy; Medical laws and legislation; Politics; Medical policy; History
Description: U.S. Health Policy and Politics: A Documentary History brings together more than 150 primary-source historic documents that will help readers understand how U.S. health policies have evolved to the point where they now exert a tremendous influence over virtually every aspect of American life, from the commercial fortunes of industries to the household budgets of ordinary families. These carefully selected primary sources, including speeches, congressional and courtroom testimony, private letters, classified memoranda, etc., will be supplemented with authoritative original writing that provides vital context for featured documents. Thematic chapter organization brings together often disparate documents and chronological organization within those chapters helps give students a clearer picture of how events have unfolded over time. Among the high-interest topics that will be examined are trends in insurance costs and coverage; government health care programs; inequities in health care; trends in hospital and physician care and business practice; government regulation of personal health care decisions; and trends in medical research and technology.--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Health care and medical practice in the new world (1600-1800); title: Health care and regulation in antebellum America (1800-1860); title: The professionalization of American medicine (1860-1890); title: Health care in the progressive era (1890-1920); title: The struggle over health insurance between the wars (1920-1940); title: Partisan jousting over health care in the postwar era (1940-1960); title: Medicare changes the health care landscape (1960-1980); title: Restraining health care costs in the age of Reagan (1980-1990); title: The Clinton health plan and scorched-earth politics (1990-2000); title: Controversial policy prescriptions for American health care (2000-2010).