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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Whiplash</title>
    <subTitle>from the battle for Obamacare to the war on science</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Blumenthal, David</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1948-</namePart>
    <role>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Morone, James A.</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1951-</namePart>
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    <place>
      <placeTerm type="text">New Haven, Connecticut</placeTerm>
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    <publisher>Yale University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2026</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>viii, 338 pages :  illustrations (black and white) ;  24 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>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</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>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</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">David Blumenthal, James A. Morone.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Seguros médicos</topic>
    <geographic>Estados Unidos</geographic>
    <topic>Historia</topic>
    <temporal>Siglo XXI</temporal>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Atención médica</topic>
    <geographic>Estados Unidos</geographic>
    <topic>Historia</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">HG 9396 B658w 2026</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780300263480</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">0300263481</identifier>
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