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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461656303321

Autore

Sardell Alice

Titolo

Insuring children's health : contentious politics and public policy / / Alice Sardell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62637-366-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

368.38/20083

Soggetti

Child health services - Government policy - United States

Child health insurance - United States

Poor children - Medical care - Government policy - United States

Health services accessibility - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; ch1-Policy Frameworks and Children's Health; Policy Frameworks; The Interview Process; Boundary-Setting: The History of Federal Child Health Policy; Notes; ch2-The Emergence of the Child Health Advocacy Community; The Emergence of Children's Advocacy; Medicaid Expansion and the Child Health Advocacy Coalition; The Nature of the Children's Health Policy Network; Framing Investment in Children's Health; Notes; ch3-Policy Legacies and Political Entrepreneurs: Enacting Children's Health Insurance

An Overview of the Enactment of SCHIPChildren's Health Insurance and the Policy Agenda; Policy Formulation: The Legacy of the Medicaid Block Grant Battle; The Dynamic of Entrepreneurial Activity; Notes; ch4-Ideological Conflict over a "Bipartisan" Program; SCHIP at Ten: Reauthorization Issues; The Legislative Process in 2007; 2008: Responses to the August 17 Directive; 2009: The Enactment of an Expanded Children's Insurance Program; Notes; ch5-Expanding the Program: Advocacy and Framing; Groups, Coalitions, and Advocacy



Strategies; Framing SCHIP Expansion

Framing Opposition to SCHIP Expansion: Guarding the BorderSummarizing the Framing of SCHIP Expansion; Notes; ch6-The State of Children's Health; The Achievements and Challenges of SCHIP/CHIP; Going Forward: The ACA and Children's Health Coverage; US Children's Health Status: A Portrait of Disparities; The Comparative Perspective; Notes; Acronyms; References; Index; About the Book