From setting a national agenda on health care to making decisions in Congress

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Changes in the interest-group system related to health care helped to draw attention to the health-care issue but also contributed to the difficulty in dealing with it. Between 1960 and 1992, the number of health care interest groups grew dramatically and became exceptionally well-financed, fragmented and conflictual. Congressional committee jurisdiction over health care reform was equally fragmented, which made it difficult for any single reform plan to garner adequate support. The issue demonstrates the gap between setting a political agenda around a social problem and solving it.

Pressure groups, Special interest groups

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Congressional partisanship and the failure of moderate health care reform

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The 103rd Congress had the best chance in decades to comprehensively reform the health care system and failure was due to strong partisanship and the fragmented nature of the committee system. Republican gains in the 1994 election are surely related to Democratic health care reform failures during the 103rd Congress. Congressmen who supported bipartisan solutions suffered the worst losses in the 1994 elections, which forecasts more partisan gridlock and fewer chances for health care reform. Meanwhile, the problems in the health care system remain to be solved.

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Health care reform: where do we go from here?

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Former Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis understands the political obstacles that blocked Pres Bill Clinton's health care reform plan, but believes that a system of universal coverage is an achievable goal desired by the American public. He recommends a national plan modelled on Hawaii's successful health care system. Dukakis believes that Clinton's plan was doomed by its burdensome complexity, late submission, dwindling bipartisan support, and a powerful well-financed opposition campaign.

Clinton, Bill, Social policy, Speeches, lectures and essays, Transcript, Dukakis, Michael S.

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