01052nam a22002057a 4500003000800000005001700008006001900025007000300044008004100047020001800088040001700106041000800123050001500131100003000146245010700176260006000283300004600343520042800389700002900817BJBSDDR20260430172110.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta260430s2026    ctu|||||r|||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780300263480  bspacBJBSDDR  aeng  bB658w 20261 aBlumenthal, David,d1948-  aWhiplash : bFrom the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science /cDavid Blumenthal, James A. Morone.  aNew Haven, Connecticut :bYale University Press, c2026  aviii, 338 pages :billustrations ;c25 cm  aThe 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 remain1 aMorone, James A.,d1951-