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 ; 25 cm
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