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Federalism and Policy Failure During Hurricane Katrina: Charity Hospital and the Displaced Uninsured

When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, close to 2,000 individuals lost their lives and the disaster cost the U.S. government $110 billion in damages, making Katrina the third deadliest and the most expensive hurricane in … Continue reading

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Understanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Using a Polity-Centered Approach

Using Theda Skocpol’s “polity-centered approach,” this paper analyzes the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by taking into consideration the process through which this legislation was conceived, crafted, and implemented with an emphasis on the roles that political parties and special interest … Continue reading

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