The Health of Nations: Public Opinion and the Making of American and British Health Policy

Front Cover
Cornell University Press, 1993 - History - 259 pages
"Now that health care policy is again at the top of the U.S. political agenda, this book offers a timely analysis of forces that may help to shape what politicians in Washington, D.C., choose to do. Jacobs is to be commended for his pioneering explanations of the interactions of public opinion, institutional arrangements, and elite decisions in the making of national social policies. While his formulations will arouse controversy as well as simple agreement, they are sure to receive wide notice. And deservedly so."--Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
 

Contents

Policymakers Sensitivity toward Public Opinion
21
Public Understandings of the State and Health Care
39
Reform Becomes Practical Politics
59
Medicare and Presidential
85
Aftermath of the Beveridge Report
111
Kennedys Inauguration
137
Bold Innovation in Ongoing Policy Discussions
165
Johnson the 89th Congress
190
Conclusion
216
Bibliography
237
Index
251
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

Bibliographic information