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Book SynopsisWhy is there such a deep partisan division within the United States regarding how health care should be organized and financedand how can we encourage politicians to band together again for the good of everyone?For decades, Democratic and Republican political leaders have disagreed about the fundamental goals of American health policy. The modern-day consequences of this disagreementparticularly in the Republicans' campaign to erode the coverage and equity gains of the Affordable Care Actcan be seen in the tragic and disparate impact of COVID-19 on the country. In Crossing the American Health Care Chasm, Donald A. Barr, MD, PhD, details the breakdown in political relations in the United States. Why, he asks, has health policywhich used to be a place where the two sides could find common groundbecome the nexus of fiery political conflict?From Harry S. Truman's failed attempt to enact a plan for national health insurance to the recent efforts of President Donald J. Trump, Barr's historic
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1. Bipartisanship in Health Care during the Late Twentieth Century
Chapter 2. Building on the Bipartisanship That Gained Passage of Medicare and Medicaid
Chapter 3. Health Care Reform under the Obama Administration
Chapter 4. Growing Congressional Opposition to the Affordable Care Act
Chapter 5. Efforts to Repeal the Affordable Care Act following the Elections of 2016
Chapter 6. Attempts by Congress and the Trump Administration to Disrupt ACA Financing
Chapter 7. Continuing Efforts to Weaken the Affordable Care Act
Chapter 8. Two More Attempts to Defeat Key Elements of the Affordable Care Act
Chapter 9. Bridging the Health Care Chasm
Summary and Conclusions: Finding the Path to Bipartisanship
Acknowledgments
References
Index
