Pre-Existing Conditions
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-781389-8 (ISBN)
This book shows that lobbying from the health care industry is responsible for the runaway cost of health care in many states. Lobbyists are not all powerful, but Garlick argues that cost containment policy is debated under the precise circumstances where lobbyists have the most leverage over legislators --- such as when they are trying to protect the status quo, working on non-salient matters, when lobbyists hold information that legislators do not, and when their clients have structural power in the state economy. The book uses a mix of interviews with legislators and lobbyists, massive quantitative datasets, and in-depth investigations of state policy debates to find that in states with a stronger health care industry lobby, legislators consider fewer bills to regulate the state's health care sector, bills to regulate the industry are more likely to be defeated or diminished, and consumers spend more money on health care.
Alex Garlick is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont. Previously, he was faculty at The College of New Jersey and an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Middlebury College. He researches American legislative institutions, interest groups, and health policy.
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List of Figures
1: Legislating against Medical Advice
2: The Influence of Lobbyists
3: A Typology of US Health Care Policies
4: How Legislation Is Diminished: The 2011-2012 Massachusetts Cost Containment Bill
5: How Legislation Is Defeated: Scope of Practice in Wisconsin
6: How Legislation Is Discouraged: The Financial Consequences of Agenda Control
7: Flipping the Script: Overcoming the Odds for Drug Pricing Reform
8: Conclusion: Prescribing Solutions
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 449 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-781389-5 / 0197813895 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-781389-8 / 9780197813898 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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