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    Despite very different beginnings, China and America now have a great deal in common in how social policy provision is organized

Despite very different beginnings, China and America now have a great deal in common in how social policy provision is organized

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At the beginning of the latter half of the 20th century, policy approaches in China and the US to providing social benefits, such as education and health care, were very different. China’s model was one of centralized control, while in the US a state-based approach to implementing social policies was favored. In new research, Daniel Béland, Philip Rocco, Shih-Jiunn […]

Partisan warfare, fragmented institutions, and market challenges continue to shape the rollout of Obamacare

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Though passed by Congress in 2010, the Affordable Care Act, also known as ‘Obamacare’ only came into place towards the end of 2013. The initial months of the program have been characterized by a litany of IT failures for the healthcare.gov website, and concern over gaps in health insurance coverage. Daniel Béland, Philip Rocco, and Alex Waddan write that while […]

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