Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction. A Turning Point for U.S. Health Care and Politics
Timeline of Health Reform Events
Chapter 1. Why Now? Broken Health Care and an Election for
Change
Chapter 2. The Year of Pitched Battles: Who Fought for What, Why,
and How
Chapter 3. How the Scott Brown Upset Strengthened Health Reform
Chapter 4. What Did They Deliver? The Promise of Affordable
Care
Chapter 5. Will Health Care Reform Survive and Succeed?
Glossary of Key People, Groups, Legislation, and Health Care
Terms
Endnotes
Lawrence R. Jacobs is the Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for
Political Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of
Politics and Governance in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute and
Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota.
Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and
Sociology at Harvard University, a member of the National Academy
of Sciences, and past president of the American Political Science
Association.
"Health Care Reform and American Politics provides great insight into what really happened on the road to health care reform. If you really want to know how the system works--and how it doesn't--this is the place to start."--Senator Al Franken
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