Weissert, Carol S.; Weissert, William G.

Governing Health - The Politics of Health Policy 3e

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1(14) I. Health Policy and Institutions 1. Congress 15(66) 2. The Presidency 81(45) 3. Interest Groups 126(57) 4. Bureaucracy 183(48) 5. States and Health Care Reform 231(70) II. Health and the Policy Process 6. The Policy Process 301(42) 7. Problem to Policy: Politics of the Medicare Prescription Drug Law 343(42) Conclusion 385(12) List of Abbreviations 397(4) References 401(42) Index 443