Rebounding with Medicare: Reform and counterreform in American health policy

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 707-730

  Starr, Paul ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marketplaces; Medicare buy in; MedicareAdvantage; Progressive reform; Universal coverage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; REBOUND;

EID: 85049496436     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-6527996     Document Type: Article

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