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The Political Economy Of Hospital Rate Regulation In Maine, David F. Wihry, Julie T. Fralich, Ellen Jane Schneiter
The Political Economy Of Hospital Rate Regulation In Maine, David F. Wihry, Julie T. Fralich, Ellen Jane Schneiter
Maine Policy Review
Ten years ago, Maine established a health care finance board to regulate hospital rates. But the concerns that prompted the regulatory system, access and cost, have not abated. In this article, former Maine Health Care Finance Commission chair David Wihry, and former Commission staffers Julie Fralich and Ellen Jane Schneiter examine the economic and political influences that have affected the state’s efforts to regulate hospital costs.
A Public Health View Of Environmental Regulation, John Graham
A Public Health View Of Environmental Regulation, John Graham
Maine Policy Review
The laws and regulations that govern the use of environmental resources have complicated effects on our society and our economy. Efforts to regulate environmental impacts are frequently controversial precisely because they have such complicated effects. No single perspective can adequately encompass all of the issues that arise in environmental regulation and environmental protection. Even the terms themselves suggest the fundamentally opposed philosophies that approach the assessment of environmental laws: While proponents of greater environmental activism emphasize the need to "protect" the environment, critics of more stringent controls emphasize that these laws "regulate" and limit the actions of individuals. At the …