Foul weather friends: Big business and health care reform in the 1990s in historical perspective

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 605-638

  Swenson, Peter ^a   Greer, Scott ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL INSURANCE; UNITED STATES; WELFARE;

EID: 0036695784     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-27-4-605     Document Type: Review

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