Comprehensive health insurance reform has been long-standing goals of the Democratic Party. Although reforms persistently fails, reform advocates have seen a new window of opportunity after the 2008 presidential election. Barack Obama campaigned on the promise of reform, and was elected by the largest margin of victory for any Democrat in decades. In Congress, Democrats held a large majority in the House of Representatives (257 out of 435 seats) and the Senate (58 out of 100 seats, and two independent who caucused with the Democrats.) Shortly after his inauguration, President Obama held a forum installation of Representatives, the health care industry and the unions to start their pursuit of health care reform. This case is the public, the legal and political struggle that followed. It follows, interest groups, interested in health policy and strategies that they, as well as politicians, used to promote its objectives in the context of U.S. policy establishment. "Hide
by Kenneth Shotts, Alexander Hirsch Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 20 pages. Publication Date: August 20, 2011. Prod. #: P74-PDF-ENG
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