Earliest Use of "Obamacare"

Fri Jul 19 02:09:41 UTC 2013

This is not my own discovery, but here is what I think is the earliest known usage of the term "Obamacare":

2007 Jeanne Schulte Scott in _Healthcare Financial Management_ 1 Mar. (Westlaw)  We will soon see a "Giuliani-care" and "Obama<http://web2.westlaw.com/result/result.aspx?cnt=DOC&cfid=1&referencepositiontype=T&eq=search&elmap=Inline&rlti=1&vr=2.0&tnprpdd=None&method=TNC&origin=Search&rltdb=CLID_DB727846321187&db=ALLNEWSPLUS&referenceposition=SR%3b1110&srch=TRUE&tnprpds=TaxNewsFIT&n=35&fn=_top&fmqv=c&service=Search&query=%22OBAMA+CARE%22+OBAMACARE+%26+date%28before+2008%29&sskey=CLID_SSSA939513421187&sv=Split&scxt=WL&rlt=CLID_QRYRLT739314421187&cxt=RL&rs=WLW13.04&ss=CNT&rp=%2fsearch%2fdefault.wl&mt=208>-care<http://web2.westlaw.com/result/result.aspx?cnt=DOC&cfid=1&referencepositiontype=T&eq=search&elmap=Inline&rlti=1&vr=2.0&tnprpdd=None&method=TNC&origin=Search&rltdb=CLID_DB727846321187&db=ALLNEWSPLUS&referenceposition=SR%3b1111&srch=TRUE&tnprpds=TaxNewsFIT&n=35&fn=_top&fmqv=c&service=Search&query=%22OBAMA+CARE%22+OBAMACARE+%26+date%28before+2008%29&sskey=CLID_SSSA939513421187&sv=Split&scxt=WL&rlt=CLID_QRYRLT739314421187&cxt=RL&rs=WLW13.04&ss=CNT&rp=%2fsearch%2fdefault.wl&mt=208>" to go along with "McCain-care," "Edwards-care," and a totally revamped and remodeled "Hillary-care" from the 1990s.

Fred Shapiro

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