03671nam 2200697 a 450 991082425280332120240314000427.01-58901-990-3(CKB)2670000000387853(EBL)1220680(OCoLC)851417424(SSID)ssj0000915887(PQKBManifestationID)11493439(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000915887(PQKBWorkID)10874329(PQKB)11732241(MdBmJHUP)muse30302(Au-PeEL)EBL1220680(CaPaEBR)ebr10723037(MiAaPQ)EBC1220680(EXLCZ)99267000000038785320120913d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInterest groups and health care reform across the United States /Virginia Gray, David Lowery, and Jennifer K. Benz1st ed.Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Press20131 online resource (249 p.)American governance and public policy seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-989-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Interest 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.Universal 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.American governance and public policy.Health care reformUnited StatesFederal governmentUnited StatesMedical policyUnited StatesPolitics, PracticalUnited StatesPublic opinionUnited StatesState governmentsUnited StatesHealth care reformFederal governmentMedical policyPolitics, PracticalPublic opinionState governments362.1/04250973Gray Virginia1945-1710975Lowery David1710976Benz Jennifer K1710977MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824252803321Interest groups and health care reform across the United States4101987UNINA