Crossing the American Health Care Chasm
Crossing the American Health Care Chasm For decades, Democratic and Republican political leaders have disagreed about the fundamental goals of American health policy. In Crossing the American Health…
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Crossing the American Health Care Chasm
For decades, Democratic and Republican political leaders have disagreed about the fundamental goals of American health policy. In Crossing the American Health Care Chasm, Donald A. 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.
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. Barr, MD, PhD, details the breakdown in political relations in the United States. 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