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American Health Policy In The 1980'S, Ken Wing

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The author notes that the composition of the 'fundamental problem" of rising health care costs is not easily defined. The varying interests of providers, consumers, and the government's budget diverge and overlap in a weblike maze, creating multifarious and fractured perspectives regarding what actually constitutes the problem. Consequently, no underlying ideological thread in American health care policy has emerged to direct a unified response to the 'fundamental problem." It is in this political context that American health care policy of the 1980's will be shaped. Professor Wing has undertaken an exhaustive review of both health care cost data and the …