Healthy voices, unhealthy silence : advocacy and health policy for the poor /

Healthy voices, unhealthy silence : advocacy and health policy for the poor / Colleen M. Grogan and Michael K. Gusmano.

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Public silence in policymaking can be deafening. When advocates for a disadvantaged group decline to speak up, not only are their concerns not recorded or acted upon, but also the collective strength of the unspoken argument is lessenedùa situation that undermines the workings of deliberative democr...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Grogan, Colleen M.
Other Authors: Gusmano, Michael K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2007.
Series:American governance and public policy.
Subjects:
Medicaid > Connecticut.
Patient advocacy > Connecticut.
Health care reform > Connecticut.
Poor > Medical care > Connecticut.
Health services accessibility > Connecticut.
Equality > Health aspects > Connecticut.
Executive advisory bodies.
Advisory boards.
Equality > Health aspects.
Health care reform.
Health services accessibility.
Medicaid.
Patient advocacy.
Poor > Medical care.
Connecticut.
Table of Contents:
  • The problem and puzzle of public silence
  • Explanations for public silence: inequality, dependence, and infeasibility
  • Medicaid's persistent and conflicting goals
  • Medicaid's policy network and the ties that bind: nonprofit advocacy and social interactions
  • Medicaid reform and advisory boards: who will advocate for poor people's health?

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