Healthy voices, unhealthy silence : advocacy and health policy for the poor / Colleen M. Grogan and Michael K. Gusmano.
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TextSeries: American governance and public policyPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 156 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781435631953
- 1435631951
- 9781589013391
- 1589013395
- 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
- Connecticut
- Medicaid -- economics
- Advisory Committees
- Health Care Reform -- economics
- Health Policy -- economics
- Health Services Accessibility -- economics
- Connecticut
- Medicaid -- Connecticut
- Patients -- Droits -- Connecticut
- Services de santé -- Réforme -- Connecticut
- Pauvres -- Soins médicaux -- Connecticut
- Services de santé -- Accessibilité -- Connecticut
- Organismes consultatifs
- Connecticut
- MEDICAL -- Medicaid & Medicare
- Executive advisory bodies
- Advisory boards
- Equality -- Health aspects
- Health care reform
- Health services accessibility
- Medicaid
- Patient advocacy
- Poor -- Medical care
- Connecticut
- 368.4/2009746 22
- RA412.3 .G76 2007eb
- 2007 L-071
- W 250 AC8
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-149) and index.
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?
Print version record.
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 democracy by reflecting only the concerns of more powerful interests. But why do so many advocates remain silent on key issues they care about and how does that silence contribute to narrowly defined policies? What can individuals and organizations do to amplify their privately expressed concerns for polic.
English.
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 651