Virginia Gray is Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. David Lowery is Bruce R. Miller and Dean D. LaVigne Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University Jennifer K. Benz serves as a senior research scientist for NORC at the University of Chicago.

• Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Interests and Health Policy 1. Health Care and Organized Interests in the United States 2. The Theory and Structure of Health Interest Communities in the States 3. State Pharmacy Assistance Programs as Innovations 4. The Politics of Managing Managed Care 5. Universal Health Care in the States 6. Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Influence in the ACA Policy Environment Appendix 2.1: Descriptions of Health Interest Organization Subguilds Appendix 2.2: States Ranked by Health Interest Group Density Appendix 2.3: Density by Subguild, Raw Numbers in 1998 Appendix 2.4: Data Source for Political Action Committes Appendix 3.1: List of Data Sources Appendix 3.2: Estimation of Annual Interest Group Measures Using the ESA Model Appendix 4.1: Data Sources of Dependent Variables Appendix 4.2: Managed Care Regulation Descriptive Statistics Appendix 4.3: Definitions and Sources of Independent Variables Appendix 5.1: Sources of Dependent Variables Appendix 5.2: Sources of Independent Variables References Index

A valuable addition to the very timely debate on health care policy in the US ... incredibly comprehensive in its scope ... provides huge amounts of data; and is filled with exhaustive terminology and advanced statistics. Choice

Virginia Gray is Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. David Lowery is Bruce R. Miller and Dean D. LaVigne Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University Jennifer K. Benz serves as a senior research scientist for NORC at the University of Chicago.

• Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Interests and Health Policy 1. Health Care and Organized Interests in the United States 2. The Theory and Structure of Health Interest Communities in the States 3. State Pharmacy Assistance Programs as Innovations 4. The Politics of Managing Managed Care 5. Universal Health Care in the States 6. Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Influence in the ACA Policy Environment Appendix 2.1: Descriptions of Health Interest Organization Subguilds Appendix 2.2: States Ranked by Health Interest Group Density Appendix 2.3: Density by Subguild, Raw Numbers in 1998 Appendix 2.4: Data Source for Political Action Committes Appendix 3.1: List of Data Sources Appendix 3.2: Estimation of Annual Interest Group Measures Using the ESA Model Appendix 4.1: Data Sources of Dependent Variables Appendix 4.2: Managed Care Regulation Descriptive Statistics Appendix 4.3: Definitions and Sources of Independent Variables Appendix 5.1: Sources of Dependent Variables Appendix 5.2: Sources of Independent Variables References Index

A valuable addition to the very timely debate on health care policy in the US ... incredibly comprehensive in its scope ... provides huge amounts of data; and is filled with exhaustive terminology and advanced statistics. Choice

Virginia Gray is Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. David Lowery is Bruce R. Miller and Dean D. LaVigne Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University Jennifer K. Benz serves as a senior research scientist for NORC at the University of Chicago.

• Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Interests and Health Policy 1. Health Care and Organized Interests in the United States 2. The Theory and Structure of Health Interest Communities in the States 3. State Pharmacy Assistance Programs as Innovations 4. The Politics of Managing Managed Care 5. Universal Health Care in the States 6. Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Influence in the ACA Policy Environment Appendix 2.1: Descriptions of Health Interest Organization Subguilds Appendix 2.2: States Ranked by Health Interest Group Density Appendix 2.3: Density by Subguild, Raw Numbers in 1998 Appendix 2.4: Data Source for Political Action Committes Appendix 3.1: List of Data Sources Appendix 3.2: Estimation of Annual Interest Group Measures Using the ESA Model Appendix 4.1: Data Sources of Dependent Variables Appendix 4.2: Managed Care Regulation Descriptive Statistics Appendix 4.3: Definitions and Sources of Independent Variables Appendix 5.1: Sources of Dependent Variables Appendix 5.2: Sources of Independent Variables References Index

A valuable addition to the very timely debate on health care policy in the US ... incredibly comprehensive in its scope ... provides huge amounts of data; and is filled with exhaustive terminology and advanced statistics. Choice