On July 30, 1965, President Johnson flew to Independence, Missouri to sign the Medicare
bill. The new statute included two related insurance programs to finance substantial portions …

This literature review pursues two main objectives: first, it argues that research on health policy
actors and healthcare systems need to be separated more thoroughly. Though there are …

BACKGROUND The question addressed in this book, Why are some people healthy and
others not?, has generated a vast academic literature, spanning many disciplines and many …

Controlling the costs of medical care has long been an elusive goal in US health policy. This
article examines the options for health care cost control under the Obama administration. …

The Oregon Health Plan (OHP) has been widely heralded as an important innovation in
medical care policy and rationing. Oregon's pioneering method of prioritizing funding for health …

The main point of this article is to explore the methodological questions raised by weaknesses
in international comparative work in the field of health policy. The core question is how …

This article discusses different reflections on policy analysis. It provides a proposal that the
policies advanced and implemented by governments actually reflect their larger concerns …

Comparison of Canadian and US welfare state developments attempt to identify both what
unique characteristics distinguish the two North America countries and what common features …

The United States has been singularly unsuccessful at controlling health care spending.
During the past four decades, American policymakers and analysts have embraced an ever …

… Theodore Marmor, whose work has appeared in the nation's major newspapers and …
Marmor explains what we can and cannot expect from reform of American medicine, and he …