Healthcare Politics and Policy in America - 9780367027742

Taylor & Francis

Healthcare Politics and Policy in AmericaAuthor(s): Kant Patel, Mark E Rushefsky\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367027742, 978-0367027742\nSynopsis\nHealth policy in the United States has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and ideological environment, with important roles played by public and private actors, as well as institutional and individual entities, in designing the contemporary American healthcare system. Now in a fully updated fifth edition, this book gives expanded attention to pressing issues for our policymakers, including the aging American population, physician shortages, gene therapy, specialty drugs, and the opioid crisis. A new chapter has been added on the Trump administration's failed attempts at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act and subsequent attempts at undermining it via executive orders.\n\nAuthors Kant Patel and Mark Rushefsky address the key problems of health.