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When bad policy makes good politics : running the numbers on health reform /

Good government reforms instituted in the 1970s to thwart economically unsound legislation now cause chaos in America's policymaking process by incentivizing the development of flawed, even blatantly unworkable, policies. The CLASS Act and its role in passing President Obama's landmark hea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saldin, Robert P., 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Series:Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
Subjects:
Medical policy > United States.
Health care reform > United States.
Health > Social aspects.
Public health administration > United States.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Services de santé > Réforme > États-Unis.
Sociologie de la santé.
Santé publique > Administration > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Health care reform
Health > Social aspects
Medical policy
Public health administration
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Good government reforms instituted in the 1970s to thwart economically unsound legislation now cause chaos in America's policymaking process by incentivizing the development of flawed, even blatantly unworkable, policies. The CLASS Act and its role in passing President Obama's landmark health reform law illustrate the pathologies of the current system.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190255459
0190255455
9780190255466
0190255463