Expanding Medicaid, expanding the electorate: The affordable care act's short-term impact on political participation

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 667-695

  Haselswerdt, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; Health care reform; Implementation; Medicaid; United States

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; RACE; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLICY; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85025682037     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-3856107     Document Type: Article

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