In the name of change: Obama’s Health Care Reform

Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Antonio Soggia
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/82
Language Italian Pages 12 P. 103-114 File size 287 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2011-082006
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Obama’s health care reform sets a tripartite policy: regulation of private insurers in the new market called "the Exchange", mandated coverage for individuals and businesses, and broader public intervention in health care (especially through Medicaid and Medicare’s overhaul and subsidies). The meaning of Obama’s reform can be understood only taking into account the special history of health care in the United States: the privileged status conferred to private interests, the absence of an idea of social citizenship, the distinction between insurance and assistance in social policies, the market’s centrality, and the residual role of public policies have been fundamental in shaping the current reform.

Keywords: Usa, Obama, healthcare reform, insurance, social citizenship

Antonio Soggia, In nome del cambiamento: la riforma sanitaria di Obama in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 82/2011, pp 103-114, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2011-082006