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This book explores the health policy in the US as influenced and shaped by aspects such as politics, socioeconomic factors, and ideological environments. These aspects, coupled with numerous other entities including the public and private sectors, institutions, and individuals are said to have significant impacts on the American healthcare system, both in positive and negative dimensions. For instance, the authors explore the Affordable Care Act and its impacts on the cost of healthcare, with a keen interest in the failure witnessed in Trump's administration since it was unable to repeal or make reforms to the Act. Besides that, the authors give attention to programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the Veterans Health Administration among others in the efforts of establishing cost, access, and quality problems attributed to the programs and the healthcare system. Undoubtedly, the book places significant keenness on some of the most important aspects of healthcare, and it is thus an invaluable resource to support my research paper effectively.