title: Déjà vu all over again: the similarities between political debates regarding health care in the early 1990s and today.
abstract: With health care vaulting back to a foremost concern for voters, strong similarities exist between the zeitgeist today and during the last major debate on this issue. The strong desire for change, economic insecurities, and a desire for a more active role for government-not to mention Hillary Clinton at the forefront of a major policy proposal-all hark back to 1992. However, opinion research demonstrates that many fundamental psychological and philosophical barriers that doomed the previous major reform proposal still exist. The politician who best grasps the lessons from the failure of "Clinton Care" may become our next president.
authors.affiliation: Public Opinion Strategies LLC in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: McInturff
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weigel
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States