Talk of Power, Power of Talk: The 1994 Health Care Reform Debate and Beyond

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Series Foreword xi
• Acknowledgments xv
• Chapter 1 Introduction: A Framework and Overview 1
• Part I The Context 9
• Chapter 2 The U.S. Health Care System 11
• Chapter 3 The History of Health Care Reform 21
• Chapter 4 Health Care Reform in the 1990s 29
• Part II The Text 39
• Chapter 5 The Senate Battleground 41
• Chapter 6 The Congressional Record 53
• Chapter 7 Textual Features 61
• Part III The Discourse 71
• Chapter 8 Discourse Patterns 73

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Series Foreword xi
• Acknowledgments xv
• Chapter 1 Introduction: A Framework and Overview 1
• Part I The Context 9
• Chapter 2 The U.S. Health Care System 11
• Chapter 3 The History of Health Care Reform 21
• Chapter 4 Health Care Reform in the 1990s 29
• Part II The Text 39
• Chapter 5 The Senate Battleground 41
• Chapter 6 The Congressional Record 53
• Chapter 7 Textual Features 61
• Part III The Discourse 71
• Chapter 8 Discourse Patterns 73
• Chapter 9 The Deliberation 95
• Chapter 10 The Triumph of the Big Government Argument 107
• Part IV The Implications 123
• Chapter 11 An Ethical Assessment 125
• Chapter 12 Scholarly Horizons 139
• Chapter 13 Contemporary Currents 151
• References 167
• Index 177