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...Thomas J. Anton This paper explores a number of popular but largely inaccurate myths about American federalism in order to clarify the fundamental structures and processes that characterize American federal governance. Examination of financial and political trends over the past several decades...

... the creation of Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan programs and insurance marketplaces and the expansion of Medicaid in historical context. This frames our analysis and its implications for future health reform in broader perspective by identifying a number of characteristics of state-federal grants...

...David K. Jones Doonan Michael . American Federalism in Practice: The Formulation and Implementation of Contemporary Health Policy . Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press , 2013 . 160 pp. $24.95 paper; $24.95 ebook. Copyright © 2015 by Duke University Press 2015...

...Bruce C. Vladeck This paper explores the impact of the federal structure of American government on health policy through the examination of three case studies of unsatisfactory policy: Medicaid cutbacks; provider licensure; and health planning under P.L. 93-641. Problems arise in all three areas...

...Frank J. Thompson The New Federalism that evolved under the Reagan administration tends to grant states more discretion in the implementation of health care programs. It thereby rekindles old concerns about the commitment, capacity, and progressivity of the states. This paper reviews recent policy...

...Deborah R. McFarlane; Kenneth J. Meier Through fiscal cutbacks and structural changes, Reagan's federalism assaulted the ethos of public health. In assessing the effects of Reagan policies on a basic public health program, family planning services, we find a substantial decrease in spending...

...Deborah R. McFarlane; Kenneth J. Meier The 104th Congress considered massive structural changes in federal aid to the states. Not only would federal categorical grants be consolidated into block grants, but entitlement programs would be converted to block grants too. Using family planning as a case...

...Theodore W. Ruger A great deal of the US Supreme Court's federalism jurisprudence over the past two decades has focused on the outer limits of federal power, suggesting a mutually exclusive division of jurisdiction between the states and the federal government, where subjects are regulated by one...

...Edward Alan Miller Thompson Frank J. . Medicaid Politics: Federalism, Policy Durability, and Health Reform . Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press , 2012 . 288 pp. $34.95 paperback. Copyright © 2014 by Duke University Press 2014 Medicaid is the federal health insurance...

...Lawrence D. Brown Copyright © 1982 by the Department of Health Administration, Duke University Press 1982 Washington Report Fluctuating Federalism Lawrence D. Brown Since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid a central theme of American health politics has been the federal...

...Frank J. Thompson; Courtney Burke Executive federalism emphasizes collaboration between the executive branches at the national and state levels to transform grant programs through the implementation process. In this regard, Medicaid demonstration waivers loomed large during the presidencies of Bill...

...George France This article examines the meaning of federalism for health care financing (HCF) and is based on two considerations. First, federal institutions are embedded in their national context and interact with them. The design and performance of HCF policy will be influenced by contexts...

...Dov Chernichovsky; Elena Potapchik The reforms that have affected the Russian health care system since the breakup of the Soviet Union, principally those in the general administration of the Russian Federation, have suffered from inconsistency and the absence of a strategy. The various reforms have...

...James M. Brasfield [email protected] Thompson, Frank J. , Kenneth K. Wong , and Barry G. Rabe . Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism . Washington : Brookings Institution Press , 2020 . 242 pp. $32.99 paper. Copyright © 2022 by Duke University Press...

... University Press 2005 Banting, K. 2002 . Fiscal Federalism and Health Care Systems . London: Blackwell. Bovens, M., P. t' Hart, B. G. Peters, E. Albaek, A. Busch, G. Dudley, M. Moran, and J. Richardson. 2001 . Patterns of Governance: Sectoral and National Comparisons. In Success and Failure...

...Nicole Huberfeld; Sarah H. Gordon; David K. Jones Abstract Federalism has complicated the US response to the novel coronavirus. States' actions to address the pandemic have varied widely, and federal and state officials have provided conflicting messages. This fragmented approach has surely cost...

...Mark Zachary Taylor Recent research has shown how federalism affects health care finance, health care reform, and health policy innovation. The purpose of this article is to extend this research program to study the linkages between federalism and technological change. It does so using comparative...

...Scott L. Greer; Peter D. Jacobson Health policy debates are replete with discussions of federalism, most often when advocates of reform put their hopes in states. But health policy literature is remarkably silent on the question of allocation of authority, rarely asking which levels of government...

..., and Vermont. New York, NY: Milbank Memorial Fund. National Governors Association. 1993 . State Progress in Health Care Reform, 1992. Washington, DC: National Governors Association. Nelson , H. 1994 . Federalism in Health Reform: Views from the States That Could Not Wait. New York, NY: Milbank...

... Press . Intergovernmental Politics Federalism and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: The Founding Fathers Would Not Be Surprised Michael S. Sparer...