Putting Health Reform through the Spin Cycle, Part 1
Many political analysts said that health care reform would influence presidential politics in 2008, but few predicted it to be the top domestic issue of this campaign cycle. Front-runners in both parties have proposed reform packages, and their political prescriptions have often grabbed front page headlines and prime-time placements.
But do these splashy proposals represent exciting new policy priorities or politics as usual? On Dec. 11, 2007, four of the top campaign strategists visited The California Endowment's Center for Healthy Communities to discuss the role of health reform in the 2008 election. Moderator Mark Halperin led an engaging discussion among Bill Carrick, Chris Lehane, Mike Murphy and Dan Schnur.
This event was the continuation of Health Politics '08, a series of Center Scene Public Programs that will be held through the election year.
