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The battle over health care : what Obama's reform means for America's future / Rosemary Gibson and Janardan Prasad Singh.

Gibson, Rosemary, 1956- (Author). Singh, Janardan Prasad, 1960- (Added Author).

Summary:

Drawing on decades of experience in health care policy, health care delivery reform, and economics, provides a non-partisan analysis of Obama's health care reform and what it means for America and its future.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442214491 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 144221449X (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: viii, 223 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-215) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Health insurers : what did they get? -- The drug deal of the century -- Hospitals and doctors : their take-away -- Who pays for trillion dollar health reform? -- How the AMA killed the family doctor -- The real reason hospitals don't stop harming patients -- Hospitals : do this, not that -- Too big to fail just got bigger -- If only they were Iphones -- Good-bye busboys -- Promises made, promises broken -- Government by default -- The real medical malpractice fix -- Health care fraud : follow the money -- 10 steps to more affordable health care.