There have been three or four major government shutdowns over healthcare (Gingrich shutdowns, Obama shutdown, Biden shutdown) which demonstrates that healthcare is a political third rail that prevents fiscal discipline.
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Neil FergusonEvidence Quote
“Gingrich shut the government down over health care. Uh there was a shutdown of the government, a second one over health care. This is the third of four shutdowns”
Source
Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson and Stephen Kotkin: Three Historians Debate The Era of Trump— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:30:05 AM
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