Health politics and policy / James A. Morone and Daniel C. Ehlke.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Concepts and history -- "You are out of your minds": a brief history of health policy -- Values in health policy: understanding fairness and efficiency -- Markets and politics -- Structural racism in American politics -- A health official in the eye of the storm -- Part II. Institutions -- Congress -- Presidents -- The courts: fomenting revolution in health care policy -- The health care bureaucracy -- Federalism -- The delegated welfare state -- Dilemmas of representation in Congress: Congressman Dan Maffei -- Part III. The big programs -- Medicare: a tale of two revolutions -- Medicaid: designed to grow and hide -- Inside the politics of health reform: a professor in the eye of the storm -- Part IV. Stakeholders, interests, and medicine -- Health equity, power, and racism -- The politics of evidence based medicine -- The financialization of health care private equity (on steroids) -- Health lobbyists: ten myths about power and influence -- Public opinion and health policy -- Nursing: a long crisis and a path forward -- The life of a medical student -- Part V. Issues in health politics and policy -- Reproductive health -- Vaccines -- Prescription drugs: how a pill becomes a law -- Veterans -- Mental health -- Homeless policy: institutional exclusion, punitive policy and public health -- Adventures with informed consent: a patients perspective -- Part VI. The United States in comparative perspective -- The United States from a global perspective: how does it compare to other nations? -- American health care from an international perspective -- France -- Learning from other countries.

"Morone/Ehlke's Health Politics and Policy, 6e, walks you through the inner workings of health care policy-making, from the legislative process to socioeconomic impacts, and reveals both modern and historical perspectives in exciting detail. A collection of writings by some of today's sharpest political minds and policy-makers, the book explores factors that shape the U.S. health care system and policy, such as values, government and private players and compares them to other countries for international context. Discover how systemic racism distorts health outcomes across the country, learn about the crucial role nurses and other health professionals play in our health care system and notice how they meet the needs of our nation's veterans. This 6e seeks to cover not only the workings of our health care system, but the numerous broader factors that impact individual and community well-being"-- Provided by publisher.