Governing Health: The Politics Of Health Policy

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Pgoverning Health Examines Health Care Policy From A Political Perspective, Describing How Congress, The President, Special Interest Groups, Bureaucracy, And State Governments Help Define Health Policy Problems And Find Politically Feasible Solutions. William G. Weissert And Carol S. Weissert Provide A Highly Readable And Comprehensive Synthesis Of Political Science Research On How Government And Private Institutions Affect The Policy Process. Extensive Reviews Of The Policies That Have Governed Health Care Since Lyndon Johnsons Administration Are Capped Off With A Prognosis For The Future./Ppupdates To The Fourth Edition Of Governing Health Include Bra New Examples And Theory Perspectivesbra Recent Statisticsbra Discussion Of The 2010 Obama Health Reform/P