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The American right-wing policy agenda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2007

TIMOTHY STOLTZFUS JOST*
Affiliation:
Washington and Lee University School of Law
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*Robert L. Willett Family Professor, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA 24450, USA. Email: [email protected].

Extract

Right-wing health policy is alive and well in the United States. Pro-business and libertarian health policy advocacy groups, generously funded by right-wing foundations (and, in some instances, by the health care industry), produce a continuous stream of press releases, policy-statements, books, articles, and symposia, as well as testimony before legislative and administrative bodies. Their positions are taken very seriously by the American media, who make certain that right-wing policy experts are represented in any discussion of current health policy issues.

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Review Essay
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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