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171 Allen, George, 122 American Medical Association (AMA), 23, 29, 47, 51, 53–55, 62, 64, 111, 128 Armstrong, Lance, 44–45 Arrow, Kenneth, 97 Baucus, Max, 1, 34, 38 Beauchamp, Dan, 24 Best, Joel, 4 Blendon, Robert, 127 Blumenthal, David, 129 Boehner, John, 48, 121 Boorstein, Daniel, 14 Boston Legal, 73 Bradley, Bill, 9 breakdown of health care system, 22, 34, 54, 64 Brown, Lawrence, 131 Bush, George H. W., 68 Bush, George W., 9, 23, 54–55, 62, 66, 68, 120 business support for health care reform, 7, 116 California Medical Association, 58 Capron, William, 97 Carter, Jimmy, 9, 135, 140 Casey, Robert, 106 Chesterton, G. K., 50 Chicago Hope, 11, 67 Chrysler, 35 Clinton, Bill, 22, 36, 38, 68, 110–11 Clinton, Hillary, 9, 77, 111, 120 Coburn, Tom, 48 Coletta, Sandra, 82 communitarianism, 137 “Congress problem,” 3 cost containment: public views of, 29 cost of health care: auto industry and the, 35–37; bipartisan concern over, 30; business views of, 28; as a chronic condition, 29, 49–50; conflicting views of, 27, 49–50; congressional hearings on, 32; controlling the cost of, 43–44, 47; corporate profits and, 37; global competitiveness of US firms and, 35, 37–38; impact of, 30; as an invest-ment, 27–28, 40–41, 138–39; and jobs, 38; rising, 27, 29, 31–34, 37; as a share of the economy, 31, 43, 46, 48; and workers’ earnings, 38 Crichton, Michael, 109, 112 crisis narratives: and health insurance, 102; inconsistencies of, 2, 50; and medical malpractice, 60–65; and patient experiences, 2; popular discontent and, 2; shortcomings of, 2, 12, 25, 29, 52–53, 77, 85–86, 101, 126–27, 131 defensive medicine, 68–69, 76 democratic deliberation, 13, 24, 97, 134 disappointment, 18 Dole, Robert, 119–20, 123, 128–29 dynamic shortages, 97 economic growth, 19 Edelman, Murray, 6, 23 Edwards, John, 9–10 Egeberg, Roger, 106, 112 Eisenhower, Dwight, 117, 131, 133 Enzi, Mike, 121, 125 ER, 11, 70–72, 99, 106 Ewing, Oscar, 7 fear: of “big government,” 117–18; in debates over health care reform, 21–22, 54, 77, 88, 93–94, 109–10, 112, 125, 133, 136; impact of, 23, 136; of litigation, 67–68; power of, 22 Feldstein, Martin, 48 Ferraro, Geraldine, 114 Fiorina, Morris, 134 Fisher, Walter, 24–25, 136 Florida Medical Association, 64 i n d e x 172 i n d e x Foley, Thomas, 115 Ford, Gerald, 9 Ford Motor Company, 35 Frist, William, 43 Fuchs, Victor, 50 Gawande, Atul, 82, 139 General Motors (GM), 35–36 Gingrich, Newt, 136 Ginzberg, Eli, 132 Gore, Al, 9 governability, 133–35 government: public attitudes toward, 105, 117, 136; role of, 129, 135–36 Gramm, Phil, 47, 120 Grassley, Chuck, 118 Great Society, 16, 20 Grey’s Anatomy, 11, 79, 81–82, 89, 99, 101, 106–7 Halberstam, Michael, 66–67, 77–78 Hart, Roderick, 14, 20 Hastings, James F., 61 Hatch, Orrin, 65, 118 Health Benefits Advisory Committee, 48 health care crisis: bipartisan appeal of, 9, 108, 111–12; “Chicken Little” character of, 3; credibility of, 2, 53, 85, 96–97, 104, 127, 132–33; declaration of, 8, 14, 41, 102; definition of, 14, 28, 30, 102; emergence of, 14, 17–20, 30–33, 104–5; functions of, 23; implications of, 1, 9–10, 33, 52–53, 112; meaning of, 2, 7; media coverage of, 10, 33–34, 56–58, 63–64, 87, 90–91, 112–15; as an oxymoron, 2; policy backlash and, 3, 4, 25; as a political symbol, 4, 20–21, 28, 88; and public expectations, 3, 18–19; public preoccupation with, 8–9, 21 health care providers: public satisfaction with, 2 health care spending, 16; and job creation, 45–47; patient advocacy for, 42; public support for, 28, 31, 39–41, 138–39; and technology, 40 health care system: chronic problems with, 13, 49, 132; predicted meltdown of, 3, 34; public views of, 14, 133; shortcomings of, 3, 4; at a tipping point, 2, 29, 84–85, 105–6, 132 health insurance: Americans without, 3, 10; crisis of, 10, 22, 102; growth of private, 16; proportion of public with, 3, 16 Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA), 119 Health Security Act, 6, 42, 48, 119, 128 Heckler, Margaret, 33 Hertzberg, Hendrick, 131 Hirschman, A. O., 18–19, 63, 117 Hodgson, Godfrey, 3, 8, 15, 17 Hoffman, Beatrix, 126 Hollander, John, 136 Hopkins 24/7, 99 hospital construction, 8, 46, 86 House, 99, 101 Huntington, Samuel, 117, 135 Iglehart, John...

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