Guide to U.S. Health and Health Care Policy

Thomas R. Oliver is professor of population health sciences in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There, he also serves as director of the Master of Public Health program and of the Wisconsin Center for Public Health Education and Training and is a faculty affiliate of the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs. Before coming to Wisconsin, he held faculty positions at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University. Trained in health administration and political science, Professor Oliver teaches courses in domestic and international health systems and policy and in the politics of health policy to a variety of professional and graduate students. Over the course of his career, he has published a wide range of research examining major issues in health politics, policy, and system reform at all levels of government. He has focused much of his work on how ideas-whether specific concepts, evidence-based analysis, or paradigm shifts-are translated into action through leadership and institutional dynamics. Currently, he is studying the critical roles of intersectoral governance and leadership in strategies for population health improvement in the United States and other countries. Professor Oliver served as president of the Health Politics and Policy section of the American Political Science Association in 2010-2011 and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

List of Illustrations About the Editor Contributors INTRODUCTION: BEYOND THE STABLE STATE-NEW CHALLENGES AND DIRECTIONS FOR U.S. HEALTH POLICY - Thomas R. Oliver PART I. EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN HEALTH CARE POLICY (BEGINNINGS TO TODAY) - Thomas R. Oliver 1. Origins and Development of Government's Role in Health Policy (Colonial Era to Present) - Kant Patel 2. The Long Struggle for Universal Health Care (1900s-Present) - Jonathan Oberlander PART II. GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEVELOP, FUND, AND ADMINISTER HEALTH POLICY (1789-TODAY) 3. The Department of Health and Human Services: Responsibilities and Policies (1953-Present) - Beryl A. Radin 4. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Anticipatory Action in the Face of Uncertainty (1946-Present) - Rob A. DeLeo 5. The Food and Drug Administration (1962-Present) - Mary K. Olson 6. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (1965-Present) - Thomas R. Oliver 7. The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs: Responsibilities and Policies (1947-Present) - Christopher E. Johnson and Ann M. Nguyen 8. The United States Supreme Court and the Department of Justice (1789-Present) - Darrell J. Kozlowski 9. Budgeting and Health Care Policy (1970s-Present) - Roy T. Meyers 10. Federalism: Cooperation and Conflict Between State and Federal Health Care Responsibilities (1960s-Present) - Carol S. Weissert and Jaclyn Bunch PART III. CONTEMPORARY HEALTH POLICY ISSUES: GOALS AND INITIATIVES (1920s-TODAY) 11. Evolution of Health Planning (1920s-1970s) - Evan M. Melhado 12. Evolution of Health Planning (1970s-Present) - Evan M. Melhado 13. Government Financing of Health Care (1940s-Present) - Donald H. Taylor 14. Biomedical Research Policy and Innovation (1940s-Present) - Michael McGeary and Robert Cook-Deegan 15. Building an Effective and Sustainable Health Care Workforce (1960s-Present) - Thomas C. Ricketts 16. Promoting Health Care Quality and Safety (1960s-Present) - Michael K. Gusmano 17. Strategies for Health Care Cost Containment (1980s-Present) - B. Rick Mayes 18. Heath and Health Care Policy: Ethical Perspectives (1970s-Present) - Andrew Flescher PART IV. CONTEMPORARY HEALTH POLICY ISSUES: PEOPLE AND POLICIES (1960s-TODAY) 19. Children's Health and Health Care Policy (1960s-Present) - Samira Soleimanpour and Claire D. Brindis 20. Women's Issues and American Health Care Policy (1960s-Present) - Deborah R. McFarlane and Rongal D. Nikora 21. Minorities, Immigrants, and Health Care Policy: Disparities and Solutions (1960s-Present) - David Barton Smith 22. Aging and Health Care Policy (1990s-Present) - Pamela Nadash and Edward Alan Miller 23. Fifty Years of Progress in Disease and Injury Prevention (1950s-Present) - Cari Cuffney and Patrick Remington 24. Mental Health and Social Policy (1960s-Present) - David A. Rochefort 25. Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Obesity Epidemic: Issues, Policies, and Solutions (1960s-Present) - Thomas D. Fahey and Michael W. Fahey 26. Interest Groups, Think Tanks, and Health Care Policy (1960s-Present) - Susan Giaimo PART V. U.S. RESPONSE TO GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES (1980s-TODAY) 27. Conintuing Challenges of Infectious Disease (1980s-Present) - Kenrad E. Nelson 28. Emergency Preparedness: Bioterrorism, Armed Conflict, Natural Disasters, and Other Public Health Threats (2000s-Present) - Lance Gable 29. Twenty-first Century Challenges to Health and Heath Care: Noncommunicable Diseases, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights (2000s-Present) - Diana M. Bowman, Andrew S. Jessmore, and Scott L. Greer 30. The Governance of Population Health: Reflections on the Analytical Approaches of Contributors to the Guide - Daniel M. Fox Appendix A: Selected Federal Health and Health Care Agencies and Offices Appendix B: Bibliography Index

"The title precisely describes the content of this excellent compendium edited by Oliver (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison), an expert in the field of population health....This is a first for a reference publication treating the subject in such comprehensive detail, and it is suitable for all libraries and readers who desire a well-rounded treatment of US health policy. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers." -- M. A. Porter * CHOICE *