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Crossing the American Health Care Chasm - Finding the Path to Bipartisan Collaboration in National Health Care Policy (Hardcover)
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Crossing the American Health Care Chasm - Finding the Path to Bipartisan Collaboration in National Health Care Policy (Hardcover)
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Why is there such a deep partisan division within the United States
regarding how health care should be organized and financed-and 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
disagreement-particularly in the Republicans' campaign to erode the
coverage and equity gains of the Affordable Care Act-can 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 policy-which used to be a place where the
two sides could find common ground-become 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 historical analysis also touches
on every presidential administration in between. Tracing the
bipartisanship that developed over the four decades following the
passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, Barr explains why this
spirit of cooperation has given way to such a seemingly
unbridgeable ideological chasm. Exploring how political conflict
affects health care organization, financing, and delivery, Barr
also offers a detailed analysis of the multiple attempts on the
part of congressional Republicans and the Trump administration
either to weaken or to repeal the ACA. Crossing the American Health
Care Chasm offers a series of steps that policy makers can take to
improve the national health care situation and provide a basis for
ongoing bipartisanship as we continue to confront the policy
challenges facing our country. Ultimately, Barr argues, this divide
is more dangerous than ever at a time when health care costs
continue to skyrocket, the number of uninsured Americans is rising,
many state governments are chipping away at Medicaid, and the GOP
has not let up in its efforts to dismantle the ACA. This book will
be of profound interest both to those responsible for carrying out
national health care policy and to those who study health policy
from an academic perspective.
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