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001 2011019577
003 DLC
005 20110701102937.0
008 110506s2011 ctu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011019577
020 $a9780300171099 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aRA395.A3$bS768 2011
060 10 $aWA 11 AA1
082 00 $a362.10973$223
100 1 $aStarr, Paul,$d1949-
245 10 $aRemedy and reaction :$bthe peculiar American struggle over health care reform /$cPaul Starr.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$cc2011.
263 $a1110
300 $ap. ;$ccm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"In no other country has health care served as such a volatile flashpoint of ideological conflict. America has endured a century of rancorous debate on health insurance, and despite the passage of legislation in 2010, the battle is not yet over. This book is a history of how and why the United States became so stubbornly different in health care, presented by an expert with unsurpassed knowledge of the issues.Tracing health-care reform from its beginnings to its current uncertain prospects, Paul Starr argues that the United States ensnared itself in a trap through policies that satisfied enough of the public and so enriched the health-care industry as to make the system difficult to change. He reveals the inside story of the rise and fall of the Clinton health plan in the early 1990s--and of the Gingrich counterrevolution that followed. And he explains the curious tale of how Mitt Romney's reforms in Massachusetts became a model for Democrats and then follows both the passage of those reforms under Obama and the explosive reaction they elicited from conservatives. Writing concisely and with an even hand, the author offers exactly what is needed as the debate continues--a penetrating account of how health care became such treacherous terrain in American politics"--Provided by publisher.
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650 0 $aMedical policy$zUnited States$xHistory.
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650 22 $aHistory, 20th Century$zUnited States.
650 22 $aHistory, 21st Century$zUnited States.
650 22 $aInsurance Coverage$xhistory$zUnited States.
650 22 $aInsurance, Health$xhistory$zUnited States.
650 22 $aPolitics$zUnited States.