Titlebook: Single Payer Healthcare Reform; Grassroots Mobilizat Lindy S.F. Hern Book 2020 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclu

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,Resisting “Politics as Usual”: The Obama Era of Healthcare Reform, Movement during the era of healthcare reform that followed the election of President Barack Obama. Although this was initially defined as an era of positive political opportunity by activists, “politics as usual”—embodied by the Obama administration—was eventually defined as the “enemy” of progress

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,“Bernie Will”: Narratives of Hope and Resistance During the Anti-Establishment Era,hat included the ascendancy of both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in the American political sphere. A critique of “politics as usual,” shared with the Single?Payer Movement, was a central aspect of the narrative practice of both campaigns. I examine how single-payer activists worked to create this

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,“Everybody In! Nobody Out!”: Achieving Success with Grit and Resilience,data I examine the progress that has been made toward that goal by increasing support in the political, economic, cultural, and public (grassroots) spheres. This analysis shows that in the winter of 2020, the movement had more support than ever before and had made progress toward its goal by increas

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,“Reality-Based Hope”: Lessons Learned in the Single Payer Movement,r progressive reform. These lessons are Lesson 1: The Importance of Recognizing Success in All Its Forms; Lesson 2: Creating Hope Is Key—Especially in the Absence of Success; Lesson 3: Sometimes Social Movements Must Create Opportunities, Not Just Act on Them; Lesson 4: Social Movements Should Build

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,“Newtered”: The Contract with America Era, thus the mobilization efforts of the Single?Payer Movement. In this era, single-payer organizations experienced an abeyance period which involved a downturn in activity, organizational breakages, and a shift away from support for single-payer. Some within the movement called this the start of the “dark ages” for healthcare reform.

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,Resisting “Politics as Usual”: The Obama Era of Healthcare Reform,ositive political opportunity by activists, “politics as usual”—embodied by the Obama administration—was eventually defined as the “enemy” of progressive healthcare reform. Focus was redirected toward mobilizing grassroots support for single-payer and building a movement with the power to change the political context.

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