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Health and Health Care Policy: A Social Work Perspective
Cynthia Moniz, Plymouth State College
Stephen Gorin, Plymouth State College

ISBN-10: 0205306721
ISBN-13: 9780205306725

Publisher: Pearson
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paper; 256 pp
Published: 09/25/2002
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This text fills a void in social work literature by offering a comprehensive, in-depth overview of health and health care policy.

Health and Health Care Policy provides an overview of the development of health policy in the United States, with a particular focus on the failure to achieve universal coverage. It also discusses the role of private and public insurance and examines uninsured populations. Finally, the text examines managed care in health and mental health and its impact on social work.

Provides statistical data and policy updates on key issues and trends in health care.

Provides an inclusive overview of the health status of at-risk groups, specifically people of color, women, children, and elderly adults, and discusses the need to improve conditions for all.

Introduces students to the study of epidemiology, which is central to public health efforts to improve the nation’s health and reduce health disparities among different segments of the population.

Discusses the health care system today, including access to care, the uninsured population, utilization of services, managed care and behavioral managed care, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Chapters conclude with “Highlights” and “References;” most also contain “Websites.”

Preface.

I. NATIONAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH POLICY IN THE U.S.

1. Efforts to Establish National Health Insurance: 1865-1946.

The Welfare State in the U.S.

Historical Determinants.

Early Efforts to Establish National Health and Mental Health Care Policy and Services: 1865-1912.

Efforts to Enact Compulsory Health Insurance: 1912-1920.

Federal-State Reforms and Private Insurance: 1920-1932.

The New Deal Reforms: 1932-1940.

Federal Health and Mental Health Policy and Services: 1941-1946.

2. The Emergence of Employment-Based Insurance and Managed Care: 1943-Present.

Political Opposition to National Health Insurance: 1943-1950.

The Defeat of National Health Care Legislation: 1943-1949.

The Political Battle to Enact Medicare: 1950-1965.

Health Care Inflation and Strategies for Reform:1970-1988.

The Creation and Role of Community Mental Health Centers: 1963-1992.

The Decline of Community Mental Health: 1980-1992.

The Rise and Fall of the Health Security Act: 1988-1996.

Aftermath of the Health Security Act.

II. THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TODAY.

3. Access to Care.

Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.

The Uninsured Population in the U.S.

Health Insurance and Utilization of Services.

4. The Growth and Development of Managed Care.

The Health Maintenance Act (HMO) of 1973.

From HMOs to Managed Care.

From Managed Care to Managed Competition.

Managed Care Backlash.

Managed Care and Medicare.

Managed Care and Medicaid.

Managed Behavioral Health Care.

The Future of Managed Care.

5. Medicare and Medicaid.

Medicare.

Beneficiaries.

Managed Care and Medicare.

Benefits and Financing.

Recipients.

III. AT-RISK AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

6. Disparities in Health: People of Color.

Measuring Health Disparities.

African Americans.

HIV/AIDS.

Latina/os (Hispanics).

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Native Americans.

Environmental Health Risks.

Racial Differences in the Delivery of Medical Care.

7. Disparities in Health: Gender and Age-Based Differences.

Women and Infants.

Children and Adolescents.

Elderly.

IV. FUTURE DIRECTIONS.

8. Inequality Is Bad for Your Health: A Framework for Health Policy.

What Is Health?

Determinants of Health.

The Biopsychosocial Perspective.

The Social Determinants of Health.

Implications for Health Policy and Social Work.

Glossary of Terms.

Index.

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