Recent incremental health care reforms in the US: a way forward or false promise?

被引:4
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作者
Waddan, Alex [1 ]
Jaenicke, Douglas
机构
[1] Univ Leicester, Dept Polit & Int Relat, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
[2] Univ Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
来源
POLICY AND POLITICS | 2006年 / 34卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1332/030557306776315796
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
US health care is well known for its high cost and high levels of uninsurance. Following the political failure of the Clinton health care reform plan many commentators suggested that incremental reform was the way to remedy these problems. To be transformative, however, incrementalism must entail more than the claim that incremental reforms are politically viable; rather, such reforms must represent a coherent strategy. To evaluate the prescription of incremental ism, this article assesses a range of recent incremental health care reforms. It concludes that these did not constitute a coordinated and consistent strategy, leaving the case for incrementalism unproven.
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页码:241 / 263
页数:23
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