Health Reform Redux
Learning From Experience and Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11035852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johnathon S Ross (Johnathon S. Ross is with the University of Toledo College of Medicine and St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 779-786 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2008.148510 |
| PMID | 19299668 |
| PMCID | PMC2667839 |
| OpenAlex | W2110567453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 30 |
The 2008 presidential campaign season featured health care reform proposals. I discuss 3 approaches to health care reform and the tools for bringing about reform, such as insurance market reforms, tax credits, subsidies, individual and employer mandates, and public program expansions. I also discuss the politics of past and current health care reform efforts. Market-based reforms and mandates have been less successful than public program expansions at expanding coverage and controlling costs. New divisions among special interest groups increase the likelihood that reform efforts will succeed. Federal support for state efforts may be necessary to achieve national health care reform. History suggests that state-level success precedes national reform. History also suggests that an organized social movement for reform is necessary to overcome opposition from special interest groups
Health care · Health care reform · Health reform · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Reform movement · State (computer science) · Subsidy · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Public Administration · Health Policy
Health Care Reform and Social Movements in the United States
Access to Care, Health Status, and Health Disparities in the United States and Canada
Struggles for National Health Reform in the United States
Who administers? Who cares? Medical administrative and clinical employment in the United States and Canada
Health Care Reform and Social Movements in the United States
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2016 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |