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Today's Health Care Issues

Democrats and Republicans

by Robert B. Hackey
Todd M. Olszewski
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to significant U.S. health policy controversies, including Democratic and Republican responses to the coronavirus pandemic. It explores partisan divisions, major challenges, and policy preferences of key Democratic and Republican stakeholders.
This volume provides readers with a broad overview of a variety of issues in contemporary health policy that span health care reform, health insurance, pharmaceuticals, public health, health care for underserved populations, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The book explores the politics of each issue, drawing upon historical evidence, legislative research, public opinion polls, and the views of key decision makers from both Democratic and Republican perspectives. This coverage provides readers with a clear sense of how policymakers from each party think about the issues involved.
This resource devotes special attention to the COVID-19 public health crisis, providing authoritative coverage of the actions, rhetoric, and policy choices of President Trump and his administration, governors across the nation, and leaders of Congress from both parties. This chapter, like all others in the book, is written so that it is accessible to readers from a variety of audience levels, including students and general readers.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Across the Aisle

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 25, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9798216156260

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      • ISBN: 9798216156260
      • File size: 722 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2021

      Access to health care is a major political and social issue in the United States, and one that's been made even more pressing by the COVID-19 pandemic. This volume provides an excellent, balanced overview of the issues facing the country, with clear summaries of Republican and Democratic viewpoints. The book begins with a chronology from 1905 (when the Supreme Court approved vaccine mandates) to 2020 (when COVID-19 first appeared in the United States). The introduction by Hackey and Olszewski (both, health policy and management, Providence Coll., RI) explains that Democrats view health care as a basic right and see the government playing a significant role in providing it for all, while Republicans view it as something for which individuals are responsible. Each chapter covers a facet of health care: children's health insurance; guns and public health; health insurance marketplaces; coverage of immigrants, reproductive health; physician-assisted death; and more. The chapters begin with an "At a Glance" summary, followed by detailed coverage of the major points of each topic. Sidebars highlight prominent issues, and each chapter has a list of resources for further reading. VERDICT With misinformation and disinformation everywhere, a book that provides facts without an agenda is a welcome resource for public, academic, and consumer health collections. Anyone searching for information on health policy will find a good starting point here.--Barbara Bibel, formerly at Oakland P.L.

      Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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