Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2011-09-20
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 1616144564
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
Power, Politics, and Universal Health Care pdf
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Foreword by Senator John KerryWhy was the Obama healthcare plan so controversial and difficult to understand? In this readable, entertaining, and substantive book, Stuart Altman—internationally recognized expert in health policy and advisor to five US presidents—and fellow healthcare specialist David Shactman explain not only the Obama plan but many of the intriguing stories in the hundred-year saga leading up to the landmark 2010 legislation. Blending political intrigue, policy substance, and good old-fashioned storytelling, this is the first book to place the Obama health plan within historical perspective.The authors describe the sometimes haphazard, piece-by-piece construction of the nation's healthcare system, from the early efforts of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman to the later additions of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. In each case, they examine the factors that led to success or failure, often by illuminating little-known political machinations that brought about i Download Power, Politics, and Universal Health Care for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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