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020			_a9781589019904
020			_a1589019903
020			_z9781589019898
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050		4	_aRA395.A3 _bG73 2013
082	0	4	_a362.1/04250973 _223
100	1		_aGray, Virginia, _d1945- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aInterest groups and health care reform across the United States _h[electronic resource] / _cVirginia Gray, David Lowery, and Jennifer K. Benz.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2013 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aWashington, DC : _bGeorgetown University Press, _c[2013] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (xii, 236 pages) :) _billustrations.
490	1		_aAmerican governance and public policy series
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aInterest organizations and health reform in a federal context -- The theory and structure of health interest communities in the states -- State pharmacy assistance programs as innovations -- The politics of managing managed care -- Universal health care in the states -- Conclusion.
520			_aUniversal health care was on the national political agenda for nearly a hundred years until a comprehensive (but not universal) health care reform bill supported by President Obama passed in 2010. The most common explanation for the failure of past reform efforts is that special interests were continually able to block reform by lobbying lawmakers. Yet, beginning in the 1970s, accelerating with the failure of the Clinton health care plan, and continuing through the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, health policy reform was alive and well at the state level. Interest Groups and Health Care Reform across the United States assesses the impact of interest groups to determine if collectively they are capable of shaping policy in their own interests or whether they influence policy only at the margins. What can this tell us about the true power of interest groups in this policy arena? The fact that state governments took action in health policy in spite of opposing interests, where the national government could not, offers a compelling puzzle that will be of special interest to scholars and students of public policy, health policy, and state politics.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650	2	2	_aState Government _zUnited States.
650	2	2	_aPublic Opinion _zUnited States.
650	2	2	_aPolitics _zUnited States.
650	2	2	_aHealth Policy _zUnited States.
650	2	2	_aFederal Government _zUnited States.
650	1	2	_aHealth Care Reform _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPressure groups _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMedical policy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aHealth care reform _zUnited States.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1		_aBenz, Jennifer K., _eauthor.
700	1		_aLowery, David, _eauthor.
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _w(DLC) 2012037462 _z158901989X _zz9781589019898
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781589019904/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c32912 _d32912