The Dysfunctional Politics of the Affordable Care Act

Greg M. Shaw (Illinois Wesleyan University, USA)

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
22 February 2024

Social services & welfare, criminology; Politics & government; Human rights

While analyzing the contentious debate over health care reform, this much-needed study also challenges the argument that treating medical patients like shoppers can significantly reduce health expenditures.

This revealing work focuses on the politics surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), explaining how and why supporters and opponents have approached the issue as they have since the act's passage in 2010. The first book to systematically examine public knowledge of the ACA across time, it also documents how that knowledge has remained essentially static since 2010, despite the importance of health-policy reform to every American.

An important book for anyone concerned about the skyrocketing costs of health care in the United States, the work accomplishes three main tasks intended to help readers better understand one of the most important policy challenges of our time. The early chapters explain why congressional Democrats designed the Affordable Care Act of 2010 as they did, clarifies some of the consequences of the act's features, and examines why Republicans have fought the implementation of the law so fiercely. The study then looks at how the intersection of economics and politics applies to the ACA. Finally, the book details what the public knows—and doesn't know—about the law and discusses the prospects for citizens gaining the knowledge they should have about the overall issue of health-policy reform.

By: Greg M. Shaw (Illinois Wesleyan University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: NIPPOD
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9798765121047
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 22 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Chapter 1 Designing the Affordable Care Act: Fateful Decisions Chapter 2 Fighting Obamacare Chapter 3 Will Markets Save Us? Chapter 4 Learning to Live with the Enemy Chapter 5 The Cost of Health Care Chapter 6 A Frustrated Search for the Public's Voice Chapter 7 Repealing the Affordable Care Act: Now What? Notes Suggested Further Readings Bibliography Index

Greg M. Shaw, PhD, is professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Reviews for The Dysfunctional Politics of the Affordable Care Act

A comprehensive and convincing review of the politics of Obamacare. . . . This is an excellent book and well worth the read for those interested in health care or polarization more broadly. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *