LEADER 03674nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910786823403321 005 20230803030454.0 010 $a1-58901-990-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000387853 035 $a(EBL)1220680 035 $a(OCoLC)851417424 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000915887 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11493439 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000915887 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10874329 035 $a(PQKB)11732241 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1220680 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30302 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1220680 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10723037 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000387853 100 $a20120913d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInterest groups and health care reform across the United States$b[electronic resource] /$fVirginia Gray, David Lowery, and Jennifer K. Benz 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican governance and public policy series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58901-989-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $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. 330 $aUniversal health care was on the national political agenda for nearly a hundred years until a comprehensive (but not universal) health care reform bill supported by President Obama passed in 2010. The most common explanation for the failure of past reform efforts is that special interests were continually able to block reform by lobbying lawmakers. Yet, beginning in the 1970s, accelerating with the failure of the Clinton health care plan, and continuing through the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, health policy reform was alive and well at the state level. Interest Groups and Health Care Reform across the United States assesses the impact of interest groups to determine if collectively they are capable of shaping policy in their own interests or whether they influence policy only at the margins. What can this tell us about the true power of interest groups in this policy arena? The fact that state governments took action in health policy in spite of opposing interests, where the national government could not, offers a compelling puzzle that will be of special interest to scholars and students of public policy, health policy, and state politics. 410 0$aAmerican governance and public policy. 606 $aHealth care reform$zUnited States 606 $aFederal government$zUnited States 606 $aMedical policy$zUnited States 606 $aPolitics, Practical$zUnited States 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 606 $aState governments$zUnited States 615 0$aHealth care reform 615 0$aFederal government 615 0$aMedical policy 615 0$aPolitics, Practical 615 0$aPublic opinion 615 0$aState governments 676 $a362.1/04250973 700 $aGray$b Virginia$f1945-$01509451 701 $aLowery$b David$01509452 701 $aBenz$b Jennifer K$01509453 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786823403321 996 $aInterest groups and health care reform across the United States$93741357 997 $aUNINA