American Exceptionalism and the Healthcare Reform Debate (Annual Federalist Society National Student Symposium) American Exceptionalism and the Healthcare Reform Debate (Annual Federalist Society National Student Symposium)

American Exceptionalism and the Healthcare Reform Debate (Annual Federalist Society National Student Symposium‪)‬

Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 2012, Wntr, 35, 1

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Two generations ago, discussion of "American exceptionalism"--at least among social scientists--came down to one great question: Why no socialism in America? (1) By the 1980s, however, even self-described socialists in Western Europe had embraced the benefits of markets and privatization. (2) Soon after, the Soviet empire collapsed and full-scale socialism was largely discredited. (3) America no longer looked particularly unusual in its broader economic patterns. So the "exceptionalism" question dwindled down to: Why no national healthcare in America? (4) The Obama administration tried to give an answer: Yes, we can! (5) Then we did--enact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). (6) The public reaction was: Maybe not. Public opinion polls have shown that a persistent majority of Americans do not favor ACA. (7) So the question about American exceptionalism can now be rephrased: Why is national health insurance still so controversial in America? I want to offer an answer in three parts, looking successively at background political culture, constitutional architecture, and constitutional culture.

GENRE
Professional & Technical
RELEASED
2012
January 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
32
Pages
PUBLISHER
Harvard Society for Law and Public Policy, Inc.
SELLER
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
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308.8
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