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100 1  Starr, Paul,|d1949- 
245 10 Remedy and reaction :|bthe peculiar American struggle over
       health care reform /|cPaul Starr. 
264  1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    xii, 324 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-309) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction: -- An uneasy victory: The making of a 
       national impasse ; A window for reform ; Choices and 
       vulnerabilities -- pt. I. The genealogy of health-care 
       reform: -- 1. Evolution through defeat: Progressive health
       insurance, 1915-1919 ; The New Deal and national health 
       insurance, 1935-1950 ; The growth of the protected public,
       1950-1965 -- 2. Stumbling toward comprehensive reform: 
       Political deadlock, 1969-1980 ; Political reversals, 1981-
       1990 ; The American path in health insurance -- pt. II. 
       Frustrated ambitions, liberal and conservative: -- 3. The 
       shaping of the Clinton Health Plan, 1991-1993: A new 
       framework ; Clinton's decisions -- 4. Getting to no, 1994:
       The Democrats' disorder ; The big turnabout ; The collapse
       of Congressional compromise ; Why no reform? -- 5. Comes 
       the counterrevolution, 1995-2006: Gingrich and the end of 
       entitlements ; From bold leaps to baby steps ; A 
       Republican window ; Return to crisis -- pt. III. 
       Rollercoaster: -- 6. The rise of a reform consensus, 2006-
       2008: Romney and the Massachusetts model ; Toward 
       minimally invasive reform ; Making 2008 a health-care 
       election ; Prepare to launch -- 7. Breaking through, 2009-
       2010: Health care first ; Bipartisanship in one party ; 
       Reaction and resolve ; Obama and the rollercoaster to 
       reform ; Why health-care reform passed (and climate 
       legislation didn't) -- 8. The Affordable Care Act as 
       public philosophy: Fairness and equality ; Responsibility 
       and freedom ; Federalism and finance ; Health and the 
       public household -- 9. Reform's uncertain fate ; Political
       backlash and the courts ; The peculiar struggle.  
520    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. 
650  0 Health care reform|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Medical policy|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650 12 Health Care Reform|xhistory|zUnited States. 
650 22 History, 20th Century|zUnited States. 
650 22 History, 21st Century|zUnited States. 
650 22 Insurance Coverage|xhistory|zUnited States. 
650 22 Insurance, Health|xhistory|zUnited States. 
650 22 Politics|zUnited States. 
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