Health Care Policy and Practice

Cynthia D. Moniz is Professor of Social Work and Department Chair at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. Stephen H. Gorin is Professor of Social Work at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.

Part I. Where We Are and How We Got Here / 1. Moving Toward Universal Care: Clinton and Obama / 2. The Early Years: The Road to Employer-Based Coverage, Medicare and Medicaid / 3. Public Health and Community Health / 4. The Cost of Health Care in the U.S. and Strategies for Containment / PART II. Structure and Funding of U.S. Health and Behavioral Health Care System / 5. Private Insurance and Role of Employers / 6. Medicare / 7. Medicaid and CHIP / PART III. Policy Practice: Advancing Access to Health and Mental Health Care / 8. Social Workers and Policy Practice: Affecting Policy and Achieving Policy Action / 9. Analyzing the Problem: Access / 10. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Health for People of Color / 11. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Health for Women, Children, and Older Adults / 12. Advocating for Policies that Improve Health