...Martin P. J. Kratz Copyright © 1986 by Duke University Press 1986 Resources for Health Law Research 145 and Administration, both from the National Library of Medicine; Drug Information Full Text and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, from the American...

...Roger J. Bulger Copyright © 1996 by Duke University Press 1996 Commentary From “Piety to Platitudes to Pork” to What? The Changing Politics of Health Workforce Policy: A View form University-Based...

...H. Keith H. Brodie Copyright © 1985 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1985 March 29, 1985 MEMORANDUM To: Editorial Board, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law From: H. Keith H. Brodie, M.D...

... through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is accompanied by raised expectations for such accountability. While state agencies often contract with universities on an ad hoc basis for specific policy projects, fourteen states have established formal state-university partnerships so that their...

... group. It describes proposals which are currently under development to reduce uninsuredness and produce universal access and, in addition, presents an alternative plan for universal maternity care. Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 References Alan Guttmacher Institute. 1987...

...Marie Gottschalk The umbrella of employment-based health benefits is growing increasingly threadbare. As a result, health benefits are once again a major arena of labor-management strife, and once again calls for universal health care by many labor leaders mask important differences between them...

... government in health policy. Unable to satisfy their competing interests within a policy framework that had universal access as a goal, traditionally powerful interest groups found themselves increasingly dependent on the state to broker a new agreement. While the many concessions made to these groups are...

...Thomas Bodenheimer; Kevin Grumbach In a society with strong antitax sentiment and large government deficits, the enactment of universal health insurance is blocked by an impasse over financing. The two chief mechanisms for funding universal health insurance are taxes and insurance premiums. Taxes...

... to government. Copyright © 1993 by Duke University Press 1993 References Adelman , Susan H. 1992 . Is U.S. Willing to Pay the Price for Health Reform? American Medical News 35 ( 9 ): 20 -21. Administrative Conference of the United States. 1990 . Negotiated Rulemaking Source...

...Dan E. Beauchamp Copyright © 1993 by Duke University Press 1993 Report from the Field Waiting for the Big One: Confessions of a Policy Surfer Looking for the Universal Health Care Wave...

... hospitals, explains the system's core characteristics: universal access, free choice, high quality, and a weak capacity for regulation. The dual architecture of this unique system leads to different reform strategies and outcomes in its two main parts. While the state has leverage in the hospital sector, it...

...Maurizio Ferrera In 1978, a sweeping reform created the first national health service of continental Europe: Italy's Servizio Sanitario Nazionale. This new scheme was based on the principle of “full democratic universalism”: The state would provide free and equal benefits to every citizen and the...

...Mark A. Hall © 2011 by Duke University Press 2011 References Andrulis D. Gusmano M. . 2000 . Community Initiatives for the Uninsured: How Far Can Innovative Partnerships Take Us? New York : New York Academy of Medicine . Blewett L. A. Ziegenfuss J. Davern M...

...Michael Birnbaum; Elizabeth M. Patchias That Medicare is universal for seniors is widely accepted by leading analysts. But in the context of developing detailed policies that seek to cover as many people as possible, it is inaccurate to make Medicare eligibility sound so simple and inclusive. To...

...Leonard Robins Duke University Press 2008 Letter to the Editor Comment on Marie Gottschalk’s “Back to the Future? Health Benefits, Organized Labor, and Universal Health Care” Leonard Robins...

...Chris Ham Victor G. Rodwin, ed. Universal Health Insurance in France. How Sustainable? . Washington, DC: Health Office, Embassy of France, 2006. 219 pp. wagner.nyu.edu/health/universal.pdf. Duke University Press 2008 Victor G. Rodwin, editor. Universal Health Insurance in France...

...Samuel Y. Sessions; Philip R. Lee Government already pays for more than half of U.S. health care costs, and nearly all universal health insurance proposals assume continued government involvement through tax subsidies and other means. The question of what specific taxes could be used to finance...

...Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau; Christiaan J. Lako The 2006 Enthoven-inspired Dutch health insurance reform, based on regulated competition with a mandate for individuals to purchase insurance, will interest U.S. policy makers who seek universal coverage. This ongoing experiment includes guaranteed...

... from societal and political pressures, this article argues that existing explanations are insufficient for explaining Thailand's universal health care policy. It points to the critical role played by a network of bureaucrats within the state who strategically mobilized resources in the bureaucracy...