This text fills a void in social work literature by offering a comprehensive, in-depth overview of health and mental health policy. Health and Mental Health Care Policy provides an overview of the development of health policy in the United States, with a particular focus on the failure to achieve universal coverage. It also discusses the role of private and public insurance and examines the uninsured populations. Finally, the book examines managed care in health and mental health and its impact on social work. Practitioners and policy advocates in the public health, mental health and health policy arena, social workers and health care providers.