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Starred Review on August 1, 2021 | Reference
Shaw (political science, Illinois Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington; The Dysfunctional Politics of the Affordable Care Act) offers an in-depth political perspective of Medicare and Medicaid, government programs that provide health care coverage to Americans who are over 65 or disabled and low-income Americans, respectively. He reviews the history of the programs, beginning with 1930s discussions about public health care. Chapters Five ("Documents and Data"), Six ("Resources"), and Seven (chronology, glossary) are the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More