Government and Health Policy

Charles E. Phelps

Expert InsightsPublished 1982

The theme of this paper is that government does not determine health policy but rather provides a vehicle for expression of the collective, sometimes combative, and always compromised interests of parties in the United States which are affected by health policy choices. After a discussion of the structure and function of government, in which the author looks at the mechanisms of policy, he uses two examples to illustrate his theme: national health insurance and medical manpower policy.

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Phelps, Charles E., Government and Health Policy. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1982. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6722.html.
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