The Material Culture of Scottish Reform Politics, c.1820–c.1884

The Politics of Medicare Reform

The politics of health care reform.

Reform of the health care system is a complex process. Opinions vary as to the need for reform and the specific policy changes to be implemented. The Clinton administration has presented a proposal for health care policy reform, but alternative proposals have been recommended. A review of the legislative process indicates the many opportunities to amend or "kill" proposed health reform legislat...

The politics of pain: rhetoric or reform?

The Politics of Service Delivery Reform

This article identifies the leaders, the supporters and the resisters of public service reform. It adopts a principal–agent framework, comparing reality with an ‘ideal’ situation in which citizens are the principals over political policymakers as their agents, and policy-makers are the principals over public service officials as their agents. Reform in most developing countries is complicated b...

Beyond the politics of Medicare reform.

A H s we enter the 1996 presidential elecI tion year, one issue that promises to I figure p rominen t ly is Medicare • • reform. The current political debate surrounding the budget bill and Medicare reform has led to partial government shutdowns in November and December. President Bill Clinton vetoed the Republican-led Congress's budget bill December 6. Clearly, a heated battle is already under...