Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction. A Turning Point for U.S. Health Care and Politics
Timeline of Health Reform Events
Chapter 1. Why Now? Broken Health Care and an Election for Change
Chapter 2. The Year of Pitched Battles: Who Fought for What, Why, and How
Chapter 3. How the Scott Brown Upset Strengthened Health Reform
Chapter 4. What Did They Deliver? The Promise of Affordable Care
Chapter 5. Will Health Care Reform Survive and Succeed?
Glossary of Key People, Groups, Legislation, and Health Care Terms

Endnotes

About the Author

Lawrence R. Jacobs is the Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute and Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota.

Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and past president of the American Political Science Association.

Reviews

"Health Care Reform and American Politics provides great insight into what really happened on the road to health care reform. If you really want to know how the system works--and how it doesn't--this is the place to start."--Senator Al Franken