The Health Action Lobby releases its pre-election health platform

The health policy election.

MUCH IS AT STAKE IN THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECtion. President Barack Obama’s vision and former Governor Mitt Romney’s vision differ across many domains, but perhaps most starkly in the area of health policy. Fundamentally, the candidates disagree on the role of government as the guarantor of affordable access to health insurance, as evidenced by their plans for private insurance markets, Medica...

Sociological explanation of the participatory action of health system donors

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Understanding health care in the 2012 election.

The outcome of the 2012 election will have far­ reaching ramifications for the future of U.S. health care. Rarely in a national election have the two major candidates’ views about health care been so diametrically opposed. The views of President Barack Obama and Republican presi­ dential nominee Mitt Romney differ on whether the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be implemented or repealed, ...

Sociological explanation of the participatory action of health system donors

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The 1988 election: how important was health?