Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures, Preface, 1. Setting the Stage, 2. Health Care Reform Returns to the National Agenda: The Winds of Change, 3. Presidential Leadership and Policy Making, 4. Congress and Health Care, 5. Interest Groups, 6. The Role of the Mass Media in the Policy Process, 7. Public Opinion and Health Care Policy, 8. Politics, Power, and Policy Making, Chronology, References, Index, About the Authors

About the Author

Rushefsky, Mark E; Patel, Kant