Whiplash : from the battle for Obamacare to the war on science /
David Blumenthal, James A. Morone.
- New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2026
- viii, 338 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Barack Obama. Barack Obama 1. You're out of your fuckin' minds: winning Obamacare 2. 1,563 secretary shalls: implementation and the hidden success Barack Obama and the end of the hundred-year war Part II. Donald Trump. Donald Trump 3. Something much better for everyone? The Trump show versus Obamacare 4. Trump and Covid, Part 1: denial, spin, and panic 5. Trump and Covid, Part 2: science breakthrough and culture war Donald Trump and science in the maelstrom Part III. Joe Biden. Joe Biden 6. The evanescent revolution: a fleeting war on poverty 7. Joe Biden's covid wars and the pandemics yet to come Joe Biden and his epidemic perplexities Conclusion: lessons from the health care wars Epilogue, 2025: whiplash and the good society Appendix: the hundred-year war
The authors argue that U.S. health policy over the past 15+ years has been defined by extreme political swings (“whiplash”):
Obama achieved a historic expansion of healthcare—but triggered fierce partisan resistance Trump intensified polarization and skepticism toward government and science COVID-19 exposed how dangerous that divide had become Biden is attempting to stabilize the system, but deep divisions remain
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Seguros médicos --Historia --Estados Unidos --Siglo XXI Atención médica --Historia--Estados Unidos