American Federalism in Practice: The Formulation and Implementation of Contemporary Health Policy - Couverture souple

Doonan, Michael

 
9780815724834: American Federalism in Practice: The Formulation and Implementation of Contemporary Health Policy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0815724837 ISBN 13 : 9780815724834
Editeur : Brookings Institution Press, 2013

Synopsis

American Federalism in Practice is an original and important contribution to our understanding of contemporary health policy. It also illustrates how contentious public policy is debated, formulated, and implemented in today's overheated political environment.
Health care reform is perhaps the most divisive public policy issue facing the United States today. Michael Doonan provides a unique perspective on health policy in explaining how intergovernmental relations shape public policy. He tracks federal-state relations through the creation, formulation, and implementation of three of the most important health policy initiatives since the Great Society: the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), both passed by the U.S. Congress, and the Massachusetts health care reform program as it was developed and implemented under federal government waiver authority. He applies lessons learned from these cases to implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
""Health policymaking is entangled in a complex web of shared, overlapping, and/or competing power relationships among different levels of government,"" the author notes. Understanding federal-state interactions, the ways in which they vary, and the reasons for such variation is essential to grasping the ultimate impact of federalism on programs and policy. Doonan reveals how federalism can shift as the sausage of public policy is made while providing a new framework for comprehending one of the most polarizing debates of our time.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Doonan is an assistant professor at the Heller Graduate School at Brandeis University. He is also executive director of the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum and director of the Council for Health Care Economics and Policy.

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Éditeur
Brookings Institution Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0815724837
ISBN 13 
9780815724834
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
168
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Personne responsable
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