| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 512 pages ; 25 cm. |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Source |
NBK 7/15 PPL |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-490) and index. |
| Summary |
"America's Bitter Pill is Steven Brill's much-anticipated, sweeping narrative of how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing--and failing to change--the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry. Brill probed the depths of our nation's healthcare crisis in his trailblazing Time magazine Special Report, which won the 2014 National Magazine Award for Public Interest. Now he broadens his lens and delves deeper, pulling no punches and taking no prisoners. It's a fly-on-the-wall account of the fight, amid an onslaught of lobbying, to pass a 961-page law aimed at fixing America's largest, most dysfunctional industry--an industry larger than the entire economy of France. It's a penetrating chronicle of how the profiteering that Brill first identified in his Time cover story continues, despite Obamacare. And it is the first complete, inside account of how President Obama persevered to push through the law, but then failed to deal with the staff incompetence and turf wars that crippled its implementation. Brill questions all the participants in the drama, including the president, to find out what happened and why. He asks the head of the agency in charge of the Obamacare website how and why it crashed. And he tells the cliffhanger story of the tech wizards who swooped in to rebuild it. Brill gets drug lobbyists to open up on the deals they struck to protect their profits in return for supporting the law. And he buttresses all these accounts with meticulous research and access to internal memos, emails, notes, and journals written by the key players during all the pivotal moments." |
| Contents |
Looking up from the gurney -- Center stage -- Max, Barack, Hillary, Billy, and the gathering consensus -- "This is what I thought the Senate would be like" -- A new president commits, and his camp divides -- Every lobbyist's favorite date -- Punting to Capitol Hill -- Deal time -- Behind closed doors : White House turf wars, industry deals, and Senate wrangling -- The Tea Party summer, "I'm feeling lucky," and "You lie" -- Snow jobs, poison pills, and Botox -- New trouble, then Mount Everest -- In Washington "everything is slipping," but not in Kentucky -- An Office becomes a Center--and it matters -- Meantime, outside the beltway... -- Waiting for Obamacare -- A guy in jeans, red lights, and a "train wreck" -- Two months to go -- Thirty days to go -- The crash -- Meltdown in D.C., dancing on eight toes in Kentucky, and frustration in Ohio -- The rescue -- The finish line -- Stuck in the jalopy. |
| Subject |
Health care reform -- United States.
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Medical policy -- United States.
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Health insurance -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Compulsory health insurance -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
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Health Care Reform -- United States. |
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Delivery of Health Care -- United States. |
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Insurance, Health -- United States. |
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Health Policy -- United States. |
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) (OCoLC)fst01916081
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Compulsory health insurance -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01767975
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Health care reform. (OCoLC)fst00952850
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Health insurance -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01715845
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Medical policy. (OCoLC)fst01014505
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Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
Since 2009
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| ISBN |
9780812996951 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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081299695X (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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9780812996968 (ebook) |
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0812996968 |
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