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Pragmatic Vision
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, providing every
American with the opportunity to have guaranteed health care
coverage. The Affordable Care Act-frequently referred to as
Obamacare-is almost synonymous with Obama's presidential legacy and
reflects a series of key decisions that he made beginning before he
took office. As Meena Bose shows, it was Obama's particular brand
of pragmatic politics that ultimately shaped the passage of the
Affordable Care Act and made a lasting mark on health care reform
in the United States.
Pragmatic Vision examines eight of Obama's decisions
that resulted in the landmark enactment of health care reform,
starting with his commitment to health care reform in the 2008
presidential campaign and concluding with his decision to allow for
flexibility with its implementation, following technical hurdles
and Supreme Court rulings. Bose shows that Obama's steadfast
commitment to the issue was crucial to its passing, especially
after the Democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority in the
Senate. Obama's direct engagement built key political support for
the legislation and was aided by the senior White House staff and
Democratic leaders in Congress who skillfully navigated the bill to
passage just fourteen months after Obama took office.
The story of Obama's leadership in enacting the Affordable Care
Act is a tale of today's partisan divide and the polarization of
Congress. The legislation passed on a party-line vote and continued
to divide politicians long after its passage. Nevertheless, despite
repeated efforts by Republicans to repeal the law, it is more
popular today than ever and seems destined to remain in force until
the next stage of reform. Pragmatic Vision is an
authoritative guide to this singular achievement of the Obama
administration.
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The tough luck constitution and the assault on health care reform
Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare. In The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform, Andrew Koppelman explains how the Court's conservatives embraced the arguments of a fringe libertarian legal movement bent on eviscerating the modern social welfare state. They instead advocate what Koppelman calls a \"tough luck\" philosophy: if you fall on hard times, too bad for you. He argues that the rule they proposed--that the government can't make citizens buy things--has nothing to do with the Constitution, and that it is in fact useless to stop real abuses of power. He goes on to dismantle the high court's construction of the commerce clause, arguing that it almost crippled America's ability to reverse rising health-care costs and shrinking access. Ranging from early constitutional history to potential consequences, this is the definitive postmortem of the landmark Obamacare case.
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Priced out : the economic and ethical costs of American health care
\"From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive -- and why it doesn't have to be. Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the Affordable Care Act. In Priced Out, Reinhardt offers an engaging and enlightening account of today's U.S. health care system, explaining why it costs so much more and delivers so much less than the systems of every other advanced country, why this situation is morally indefensible, and how we might improve it. The problem, Reinhardt says, is not one of economics but of social ethics. There is no American political consensus on a fundamental question other countries settled long ago: to what extent should we be our brothers' and sisters' keepers when it comes to health care? Drawing on the best evidence, he guides readers through the chaotic, secretive, and inefficient way America finances health care, and he offers a penetrating ethical analysis of recent reform proposals. At this point, he argues, the United States appears to have three stark choices: the government can make the rich help pay for the health care of the poor, ration care by income, or control costs. Reinhardt proposes an alternative path: that by age 26 all Americans must choose either to join an insurance arrangement with community-rated premiums, or take a chance on being uninsured or relying on a health insurance market that charges premiums based on health status. An incisive look at the American health care system, Priced Out dispels the confusion, ignorance, myths, and misinformation that hinder effective reform.\" -- Provided by publisher.
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A government of insiders : the people who made the affordable care act possible
Discover the hidden forces that shaped one of the most significant health care reforms in US history.In A Government of Insiders, William Genieys traces the winding path from the failed health policy priorities of the Clinton administration to the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Genieys uncovers the pivotal role of a committed group of unelected governmental elites known as long-term insiders who meticulously developed policy ideas and political connections. During George W. Bush's presidency, these insiders reconceptualized the foundations of a far-reaching health coverage reform both within and outside the public sector. When President Obama took office, these insiders returned to positions of power and ensured that their reform vision took center stage. Genieys highlights how these people were instrumental in crafting and passing the ACA by integrating existing programs like Medicare and Medicaid, engaging market forces with an individual mandate and health care marketplaces, and addressing the crucial issue of cost containment. By shedding light on the action of these health coverage policy elites and their role as custodians of the public interest, Genieys challenges traditional assumptions about the influence of economic elites and reveals the positive role of unelected professionals in advancing the common good. A Government of Insiders is a groundbreaking exploration of the unseen forces behind major policy reform, providing a fresh perspective on the dynamics of power in American politics.
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The health care case : the Supreme Court's decision and its implications
The Supreme Court’s decision in the Health Care Case, NFIB v. Sebelius, gripped the nation’s attention during the spring of 2012. Like the legislative battle leading to adoption of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”), the litigation took many unexpected twists and turns. No one could have predicted the strange coalition of justices and arguments that would eventually lead the Court to uphold the Act’s principal provisions. The constitutional case against the ACA was originally written off as frivolous, but after oral argument at the Court, many predicted that the unthinkable had now become likely. When the Supreme Court delivered its complicated and fractured decision, it offered new interpretations to four different clauses in the Constitution. Early commentary viewed the decision as a victory for President Obama’s signature legislative achievement, even if five members of the Court agreed with several of the arguments advanced by the law’s detractors. Others focused on what the decision meant for the Roberts Court as an institution and for long-run debates over constitutional interpretation. This volume gathers together reactions to the decision from an ideologically diverse selection of the nation’s leading scholars of constitutional, administrative, and health law.
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Understanding Health Care Reform
This book helps readers understand the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. health care reform legislation. It explains how doctors, patients, and families can determine the success or failure of the legislation over time and proposes an accounting of steps that elected representatives can take in order to improve the bill. Cutting through the political rhetoric, the author focuses on the core issue: what do we need to do to preserve our ability to provide the best possible care for our patients and to fulfill our societal mission of providing care for our citizens independent of their financial means?.
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Fighting for our health : the epic battle to make health care a right in the United States
This first-person account brings readers inside the biggest and most consequential issue campaign in American history. Fighting for Our Health recounts how a reform campaign led by grassroots organizers played a crucial role in President Obama's signing historic health reform legislation in March of 2010—defeating the tea partiers, Republican Party, health insurance industry, and the US Chamber of Commerce. The action takes place inside the Beltway—the White House, Congressional anterooms, and the streets of DC—and at hundreds of town meetings, demonstrations, and confrontations in places like Danville, Virginia and Lincoln, Nebraska. The book describes the tense relationship between progressives and the Obama administration, as the President and his team both pushed for reform and made repeated concessions to the health care industry, while trying to squelch any pressure from the left. Most powerfully, it is the story of the triumph of thousands of people who had seen loved ones die, families go bankrupt, small businesses ruined, and futures destroyed by the health insurance system in the United States. The book is accessible to undergraduate and graduate students as well as the general reader. Detailed enough to interest people primarily concerned about health care policy and politics, it will also capture readers generally interested in US political dynamics and the health of American democracy.
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Landmark
The Washington Post's must-read guide to the health care overhaul What now? Despite the rancorous, divisive, year-long debate in Washington, many Americans still don't understand what the historic overhaul of the health care system will-or won't-mean. In Landmark, the national reporting staff of The Washington Post pierces through the confusion, examining the new law's likely impact on us all: our families, doctors, hospitals, health care providers, insurers, and other parts of a health care system that has grown to occupy one-sixth of the U.S. economy. Landmark's behind-the-scenes narrative reveals how just how close the law came to defeat, as well as the compromises and deals that President Obama and his Democratic majority in Congress made in achieving what has eluded their predecessors for the past seventy-five years: A legislative package that expands and transforms American health care coverage. Landmark is an invaluable resource for anyone eager to understand the changes coming our way.
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