The horses and the jumps: comments on the health care reform steeplechase
Article Abstract:
Sven Steinmo and Jon Watts have overstated the role of institutional factors and neglected the role of ideology in explaining the failure to enact health care reform legislation in the US. Proponents of such a measure should concentrate on arguing its merits to build a consensus strong enough to overcome the institutional barriers. Furthermore, institutional factors do not explain why the US is the only major industrial nation without a comprehensive health care system. The Clinton administration failed to win majority support in Congress for the plan, while opponents were effective in rousing fears.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0361-6878
Year: 1995
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Waiting for the big one: confessions of a policy surfer looking for the universal health care wave
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Development of a plan for health care reform in New York State in 1988-92 provides insight on politics and health policy. The plan, christened Universal New York Health Care (UNY*Care) and developed under Health Dept Dir David Axelrod, united the existing plethora of insurers with the advantages of a single-payer system to ensure access to first-rate health care to all New York citizens. Politically, UNY*Care was meant to improve the Democratic party's appeal to the middle class. UNY*Care may also herald further innovative approaches to health care reform.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0361-6878
Year: 1993
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The Clinton presidency and health care reform
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The public supported the goals of universal coverage and cost control when Clinton introduced his health care proposal, but that support declined over the following few months, perhaps due to the plan's complexity. The Republican strategy of filibuster was successful, and the window of opportunity for health care reform seems to have closed, especially following the Republican gains in the 1994 election. Clinton will have to function as an opposition leader if he wishes to keep the hope for health care reform alive.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0361-6878
Year: 1995
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