...John K. Iglehart Copyright © 1981 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1981 Washington Report John K. Iglehart Fundamental reform of current health policies will be no less difficult to achieve today than in the past, despite the mandate that President...

...Lawrence D. Brown Copyright © 1982 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1982 Washington Report Lawrence D. Brown Because incrementalism is our discipline’s most familiar theory of the politics of policy, political scientists have been fascinated by the Reagan...

.... 1997 . Mapping Insurance Markets: The Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets in Twenty-Six. In State Initiatives in Health Care Reform . Washington, DC: Alpha Center. Freedman, Greg. 1999 . Health Insurance Reform Chronology . Kentucky Committee on Banking and Insurance. Unpublished...

... Times, 3 August, p. A18. Broder , David . 1994a . As Predicted, This Is One Heckuva Battle. Providence Journal, 26 July, p. A9. Broder , David . 1994b . Junk Journalism. Washington Post, 23 February, p. A17. Broder , David , and Richard Morin. 1994 . Clinton’s Health Plan: A Turn...

...Huw T. O. Davies; A. Eugene Washington; Andrew B. Bindman Standardized public reporting on the quality of health care (report cards)offers an opportunity to empower purchasers and consumers so that they can make choices that can result in better health care for less money. However,not all...

... and appeared on the guest list for a Clinton White House dinner for the king of Morocco (Farnstrom 2007; Geracimos 2000; Washington Times 2009). On page 85, the reference to the American College of Physicians and Surgeons should be to the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. On page 91...

...Glenn L. Pierce; Mary L. Durham; William H. Fisher This paper examines the impact of broadened Washington state civil commitment standards on utilization of the state's mental hospitals. Included in the analysis is an assessment of the impact of a public event (a well-publicized murder case) which...

...Ira Moscovice; Patricia Armstrong; Stephen Shortell; Roger Bennett In an effort to make health manpower training programs and health services research and policy analysis activities more responsive to health care needs in Washington State, a Delphi process was used to obtain perceptions of critical...

... in Washington, D.C. sought access to data in the hands of the local PSRO through a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act, touching off a continuing debate throughout the country. That lawsuit is now on appeal. The courts, the Congress, and the Department of Health and Human Services have all been...

...Daniel W. Sigelman The conviction that competition could discipline the medical marketplace more adequately than regulation is rapidly ascendant among Washington policymakers. This article assesses the effects of the competition strategy on those who currently have health insurance coverage...

...Michael Henderson; D. Sunshine Hillygus Recent debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act highlights the extent of party polarization in Washington. While the partisan divide on this issue is stark among political elites, it is less clear how the mass electorate has responded...

... developments and reconsiders state performance from the vantage point of the mid-1980s. While hard evidence remains elusive, a plausible case exists that any gap between the states and Washington on commitment, capacity, and progressivity has diminished. State administrative capacity in particular has probably...

...Jacob S. Hacker Abstract Given the close division of power in Washington, DC, how might health reformers pursue their bolder aims? In particular, how might they pursue the robust public option that was a centerpiece of Joe Biden's health plan during the campaign? This new iteration of the public...

..., to support increased access to high-value DAAs for treating HCV. First, the authors provide background information about HCV, its treatment, and state financing of prescription medications. They then review the implementation of HCV subscription models in two states, Louisiana and Washington, and the early...

... in 2018. In 2019 California and Rhode Island enacted state-level mandates. Four other states—Maryland, Connecticut, Hawaii, and Washington—formally considered mandates but have not enacted them. The authors compare the policy debates among these states and one other state, New York, which has not seen...

.... With funding from Active Living Research and the research framework of the Physical Activity Policy Research Network (PAPRN), we conducted a multiple-site case study. A total of six trails in Hawaii, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington were chosen for study. The goals...