Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-257) and index.
Contents:
Medicare's roots: the elusive search for national health insurance -- Going nowhere: the politics of benefits -- Going broke: the politics of financing -- The state rises: the politics of regulation -- Medicare politics: patterns and explanations -- The new politics of medicare.
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