....” Editor’s Note Webs, Levers, and Other Metaphors for Influence over Policy Change Policy changes often emerge in complex and mysterious ways. Health pol- icy is no exception. In this issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, we have three cases in point...

...Michael T. Heaney Assuming a position as broker between disconnected interests is one way for an interest group to influence the making of federal health policy. This study demonstrates how groups use their connections with political parties and lobbying coalitions to augment their brokerage...

...Andrew J. B. Morton Abstract Context: Since the 1990s, the EU's influence over national health care policy has been limited to European internal market law or social policy coordination mechanisms. The introduction of EU competition law into health care is more recent and underdeveloped; however...

...: Defining Markets, Setting Standards. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 19 ( 2 ): 432 -447. The Influence of Governmental Policy on Community Health Partnerships and Community Care Networks: An Analysis of Three Cases...

... England Journal of Medicine 324 : 1253 -58. Political influence in the 1990s: From Iron Triangles to Policy Networks Mark A. Peterson Harva rd University Abstract...

...Daniel M. Fox Copyright © 1994 by Duke University Press 1994 Commentary Two Fringe Discourses in Search of Influence on Policy Daniel M. Fox...

... in Mental Health Policy. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 9 : 178 – 200. Wilson, W. 1887 . The Study of Administration. Political Science Quarterly 2 : 197 – 222. Stewardship in Mental Health Policy: Inspiration, Influence, Institution...

... the German health reform was actually influenced by the Dutch model and, second, in theoretical terms, to inform inductively on how ideas from abroad enter government agendas. The results show that the streams of problem recognition and policy proposals have not been predominantly influenced by the cross...

... Influence on State Health Policy C. Gregory Buntz, Theodore F. Macaluso and Jay Allen Azarow, University of Arizona Abstract. This paper reports on research that was intended to demonstrate the impact of federal programs on state health policy goals. The sample included four Public...

... -68. Goldberg , Lawrence G. , and Warren Greenberg. 1981 . The Determinants of HMO Enrollment and Growth. Health Services Research (Winter) : 421 -38. Greenberg , Warren 1982 . Provider Influenced Insurance Plans and Their Impact on Competition: Lessons from Dentistry. In A New...

...Carol S. Weissert; William G. Weissert State legislative staff may influence health policy by gathering intelligence, setting the agenda, and shaping the legislative proposals. But they may also be stymied in their roles by such institutional constraints as hiring practices and by turnover...

... Interest-Group Influence on the Patient Protection and Affordability Act of 2010: Winners and Losers in the Health Care Reform Debate Jill Quadagno Florida State University...

...Sarah E. Gollust; Paula M. Lantz; Peter A. Ubel Despite the salience of health disparities in media and policy discourse, little previous research has investigated if imagery associating an illness with a certain racial group influences public perceptions. This study evaluated the influence...

...Julianna Pacheco; Elizabeth Maltby Abstract We consider two ways that public opinion influenced the diffusion of ACA policy choices from 2010 through 2014. First, we consider the policy feedback mechanism, which suggests that policy decisions have spillover effects that influence opinions in other...

...Eduardo Gómez Abstract Context: Little is known about the political, institutional, and social contexts contributing to a decline in food and beverage industry power and influence over fiscal (soda taxes) and regulatory (sales/advertising restrictions and food labels) policy. This article addresses...

... of those lessons from his 2023 book Stable Condition: Elites’ Limited Influence on Health Care Attitudes , detailing how polarization shaped both the elite- and mass-level politics of the ACA. At the elite level, polarization and nationalization within the federal and state governments laid the groundwork...

... of this case study were to identify the policy influences on trail development, explore the roles of key players in trail development, and compare and contrast findings from the different trails. Trail development can be a long process. Some of the trails took over a decade to complete because of funding...

.... In addition, states vary in both the scope of their Medicaid programs and the sophistication of the skills and resources they can bring to bear in shaping them. Understanding how these influence the ability to implement market-based strategies in Medicaid and what the effects of these strategies appear...

... with their political partisanship, and (2) whether trust in media outlets influences (a) personal concern that someone in their family will get sick, (b) perceptions about the seriousness of the pandemic as portrayed in the media , and (c) trust in federal government agencies and scientists. Findings: Physicians...