Healthcare Politics and Policy in America, 5th Edition

.Health 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. Authors Kant Patel and Mark Rushefsky address the key problems of healthcare cost, access, and quality through analyses of Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Health Administration, and other programs, and the ethical and cost implications of advances in healthcare technology. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions and a comprehensive reference list. This textbook will be required reading for courses on health and healthcare policy, as well as all those interested in the ways in which American healthcare has evolved over time.Healthcare Politics and Policy in America 5th Edition is written by Kant Patel; Mark E Rushefsky and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Healthcare Politics and Policy in America are 9780429674419, 0429674414 and the print ISBNs are 9780367027742, 0367027747. Additional ISBNs include 9780429397875, 9780429674426, 9780429674402, 9780815376330.