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Nine Lessons for Health Reform: Or Will We Finally Learn from the Past?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

James A. Morone  and
David Blumenthal
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We stand on the edge of change. The Republican coalition is frayed, and its trusty issues — slash taxes, cut programs, deregulate industry, preach morals — have worn thin. Will the Democrats seize the opportunity and capture the political system? Or will Republicans refresh themselves and win a new lease on power? The contest will center on clashing visions and competing programs; since national health insurance is perhaps the Democrats’ signature program, health reform will be, once again, at the eye of the political storm.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , Winter 2008 , pp. 722 - 724
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2008

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