03050cam a2200517 a 4500 100382 20230410143517.0 950918s1997 nyua b 001 0 eng 95039074 (OCoLC)ocm33207300 DLC DLC NLM UKM BTCTA YDXCP NYDWH BAKER UAB GEBAY GB96-54475 9608993 DNLM 35829736 0393039706 9780393039702 (OCoLC)33207300 (OCoLC)35829736 n-us--- RA 395 S628b 1997 362.1/0973 GRAL Skocpol, Theda. Boomerang : Clinton's health security effort and the turn against government in U.S. politics / Theda Skocpol. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c1997. xvii, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-217) and index. Health reform, a popular issue that Bill Clinton and the Democrats skillfully featured in the 1992 campaign, became the spearpoint of the most concerted attack on government in recent American history. One year after it had been introduced to acclaim from almost all quarters, Clinton's compromise plan lay in political wreckage. In this incisive account, a prize-winning Harvard social scientist draws on contemporary documents, media coverage, and confidential White House strategy memos to offer deep insights into the changing terrain of U.S. politics and public policy. President Clinton and his closest advisers thought they had found an ideal "middle way" between excessive government regulation end the play of free market forces in their plan to extend health care coverage to all Americans, not foreseeing that they were creating an ideal target for their political enemies. By 1994 the conservatives needed a cause to attract middle-class voters and unite widespread groups in opposition to the federal government and an already weakened Democratic party. The Health Security bill, as Theda Skocpol discloses, inadvertently became a perfect foil for antigovernment mobilization. Its enemies found it easy to distort while its supporters failed to marshal their forces at a critical time. Health care reform United States. Social security United States History. United States Social policy 1993- United States Politics and government 1993-2001. Reforma en el cuidado de la salud Estados Unidos. Seguridad social Estados Unidos. Política de salud Estados Unidos. Salud Estados Unidos. Servicios de salud Estados Unidos. 20151100 Baker and Taylor BTCP 95039074 YBP Library Services YANK 334414 Baker & Taylor BKTY 27.50 20.63 0393039706 0002762868 active lcc bk KK C0 DRFGD 103006 103006 0 0 lcc 0 0 S BJB BJB A2P 2023-04-10 0 RA 395 S628b 1997 00000093024 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 bk