EPISODE · Dec 8, 2011 · 1H 7M
Paul Starr on America's Healthcare War History
from Zócalo Public Square · host Zócalo Public Square
Why is the U.S. the only western country that can't agree on healthcare? Sociologist Paul Starr, author of Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle Over Health Care Reform, explains our bitter war over healthcare through its history from the early 20th century--when the American Medical Association and other groups used xenophobia to defeat the first healthcare bills--up through President Obama's 2010 reforms.
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