Today's health care issues : Democrats and Republicans / Robert B. Hackey and Todd M. Olszewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hackey, Robert B., author.

Olszewski, Todd M., author.

Series:

Across the aisle.

Across the Aisle

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--United States.

Medical care.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Health services administration--United States.

Health services administration.

Health--Government policy--United States.

Health.

COVID-19 (Disease)--Political aspects--United States.

COVID-19 (Disease).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 380 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2021]

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to significant U.S. health policy controversies, including Democratic and Republican responses to the coronavirus pandemic. It explores partisan divisions, major challenges, and policy preferences of key Democratic and Republican stakeholders. This volume provides readers with a broad overview of a variety of issues in contemporary health policy that span health care reform, health insurance, pharmaceuticals, public health, health care for underserved populations, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The book explores the politics of each issue, drawing upon historical evidence, legislative research, public opinion polls, and the views of key decision makers from both Democratic and Republican perspectives. This coverage provides readers with a clear sense of how policymakers from each party think about the issues involved. This resource devotes special attention to the COVID-19 public health crisis, providing authoritative coverage of the actions, rhetoric, and policy choices of President Trump and his administration, governors across the nation, and leaders of Congress from both parties. This chapter, like all others in the book, is written so that it is accessible to readers from a variety of audience levels, including students and general readers.

Contents:

Introduction Chronology Children's Health Insurance COVID-19 Pandemic Guns and Public Health Health Care: Right or Commodity? Health Insurance Marketplaces Immigrant Health Coverage Individual Health Insurance Mandate Marijuana Medicaid Expansion Medicaid Work Requirements Medicare Drug Pricing Physician-Assisted Death Preexisting Conditions Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Single-Payer Health Insurance Vaccine Mandates Veterans' Health Care Women's Reproductive Health Index About the Authors and Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-02628-0

979-82-16-15626-0

1-4408-6916-2

OCLC:

1233023070