Viewing health care as a common good: looking beyond political liberalism.

INTRODUCTION..........................................................................278 I. CLINTON’S HEALTH CARE PLAN AND THE LIMITS OF LIBERALISM ................................................................................280 II. HEALTH CARE REFORM AND THE LIMITS OF LIBERALISM ................................................................................290 A. LIBERAL INDIVIDUALISM ........................................................290 B. LIBERAL NEUTRALITY.............................................................297 C. HEALTH CARE POLICY IN A LIBERAL POLITY.........................302 III. HEALTH CARE REFORM AND THE COMMON GOOD.........305 A. A CATHOLIC NOTION OF THE COMMON GOOD.......................306 B. RAWLS’ POLITICAL LIBERALISM AND THE COMMON GOOD ....317 C. HEALTH CARE POLICY AND THE POLITICAL COMMON GOOD.......................................................................................324 IV. HEALTH CARE AS A POLITICAL COMMON GOOD: THE OREGON PLAN ............................................................................326 A. THE OREGON HEALTH PLAN...................................................327 1. Background .......................................................................327 2. The Legislation ..................................................................335 3. The Process and the 1991 Prioritized List ........................337 a. The Methodology .........................................................338