Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Similarities Between Political Debates Regarding Health Care In The Early 1990s And Today
Open Access
- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 27 (3) , 699-704
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.699
Abstract
With health care vaulting back to a foremost concern for voters, strong similarities exist between the zeitgeist today and during the last major debate on this issue. The strong desire for change, economic insecurities, and a desire for a more active role for government—not to mention Hillary Clinton at the forefront of a major policy proposal—all hark back to 1992. However, opinion research demonstrates that many fundamental psychological and philosophical barriers that doomed the previous major reform proposal still exist. The politician who best grasps the lessons from the failure of “Clinton Care” may become our next president.Keywords
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