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The History and Politics of Health Care in America: From the Progressive Era to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Author(s) -
Skidmore Max J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
poverty and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.206
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1944-2858
DOI - 10.2202/1944-2858.1156
Subject(s) - politics , health care , patient protection and affordable care act , health insurance , progressive era , public administration , health care reform , health care delivery , political science , economic growth , medicine , law , health policy , economics
Max J. Skidmore surveys the history and politics of the development of health care delivery in the United States, and reviews Health Care Reform and American Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol. This study, by two prominent scholars of health care in America, is a detailed analysis of the process that led to adoption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, and of the details of the Act.