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American Federalism in PracticeThe Formulation and Implementation of Contemporary Health Policy\nAuthor(s): Michael Doonan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Brookings Institution\nISBN-13: 9780815724834, 978-0815724834\nSynopsis\nAmerican Federalism in Practice is an original and important contribution to our understanding of contemporary health policy. It also illustrates how contentious public policy is debated, formulated, and implemented in today's overheated political environment.\nHealth care reform is perhaps the most divisive public policy issue facing the United States today. Michael Doonan provides a unique perspective on health policy in explaining how intergovernmental relations shape public policy. He tracks federal-state relations through the creation, formulation, and implementation of three of the most important health policy initiatives since the Great Society: the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and th.