Interest Group Influence
“Interest Group Influence on the Patient Protection and Affordability Act of 2010: Winners and Losers in the Health Care Reform Debate” is an academic journal article by Jill Quadagno reporting the interest group activities that had to do with coverage expansions for the previously named laws. The Patient Protection and Affordability Act legislation included changes in state insurance exchanges, mandates on individuals and employers, expansion of Medicaid, subsidies to help low income people afford coverage, stringent regulations on insurance companies, cuts to Medicare Advantage but more drug benefits for senior citizens and restrictions on subsidies to be used to pay for abortion. With this in mind, Quadagno reports how interest groups affected the final law.
Insurers were willing to agree to the regulations as long as they were included with an individual mandate that would bring healthy, young people into the insurance system in order to help pay for the sick and elderly. Insurers however were not in agreement with the public option which would offer an alternative to private insurance. When Congress held town hall meetings, they were met with upset citizens not …show more content…
O’Connor and Michael B. Berkman is a academic journal article reporting data on the connection between religion and state abortion policy. The authors look at both the Roman Catholic Church and the conservative Protestant Church, also referred to as Evangelicals, in particular. The authors also take into account the number of Democratic women legislators in the state, the urbanness of the community, the amount of professional women in the area, and membership to the prochoice organization National Abortion Rights Action League(NARAL). They decide to look at three factors to determine the measurement of religion affecting policy. These variables include public opinion, lobbying, and the counter mobilization of prochoice
Insurers were willing to agree to the regulations as long as they were included with an individual mandate that would bring healthy, young people into the insurance system in order to help pay for the sick and elderly. Insurers however were not in agreement with the public option which would offer an alternative to private insurance. When Congress held town hall meetings, they were met with upset citizens not …show more content…
O’Connor and Michael B. Berkman is a academic journal article reporting data on the connection between religion and state abortion policy. The authors look at both the Roman Catholic Church and the conservative Protestant Church, also referred to as Evangelicals, in particular. The authors also take into account the number of Democratic women legislators in the state, the urbanness of the community, the amount of professional women in the area, and membership to the prochoice organization National Abortion Rights Action League(NARAL). They decide to look at three factors to determine the measurement of religion affecting policy. These variables include public opinion, lobbying, and the counter mobilization of prochoice