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The Road to Nowhere. The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Health Security.
Jacob S. Hacker
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Description for The Road to Nowhere. The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Health Security.
Paperback. Investigates how managed competition became the Bill Clinton's reform framework, but also illuminates how issues and policies emerge. This book follows Clinton's policy ideas from their initial formulation by policy experts through their endorsement by medical industry leaders and politicians to their inclusion in the proposal itself. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPLM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
During the 1992 presidential campaign, health care reform became a hot issue, paving the way for one of the most important yet ill-fated social policy initiatives in American history: Bill Clinton's 1993 proposal for comprehensive coverage under "managed competition." Here Jacob Hacker not only investigates for the first time how managed competition became the president's reform framework, but also illuminates how issues and policies emerge. He follows Clinton's policy ideas from their initial formulation by policy experts through their endorsement by medical industry leaders and politicians to their inclusion--in a new and unexpected form--in the proposal itself. Throughout he explores ... Read more
During the 1992 presidential campaign, health care reform became a hot issue, paving the way for one of the most important yet ill-fated social policy initiatives in American history: Bill Clinton's 1993 proposal for comprehensive coverage under "managed competition." Here Jacob Hacker not only investigates for the first time how managed competition became the president's reform framework, but also illuminates how issues and policies emerge. He follows Clinton's policy ideas from their initial formulation by policy experts through their endorsement by medical industry leaders and politicians to their inclusion--in a new and unexpected form--in the proposal itself. Throughout he explores ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691005287
SKU
V9780691005287
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About Jacob S. Hacker
Jacob S. Hacker is a Guest Scholar in Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution, a doctoral candidate in political science at Yale University, and a Robert M. Leylan Fellow in Social Sciences at Yale University.
Reviews for The Road to Nowhere. The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Health Security.
Co-Winner of the 1997 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration "Mr. Hacker brings commendable clarity to a subject that has usually encouraged jargon and convolution."
David Greenberg, The New York Times Book Review "Hacker's assessment is measured and balanced... This book will be read by two audiences: those who are interested in health policy per se and those ... Read more
David Greenberg, The New York Times Book Review "Hacker's assessment is measured and balanced... This book will be read by two audiences: those who are interested in health policy per se and those ... Read more