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Landmark : the inside story of America's new health-care law and what it means for us all / the staff of the Washington Post.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care--Law and legislation--United States.
- Medical care.
- Health insurance--Law and legislation--United States.
- Health insurance.
- Medicare--Law and legislation.
- Medicare.
- Medicaid--Law and legislation.
- Medicaid.
- Health services accessibility--Law and legislation--United States.
- Health services accessibility.
- Long-term care facilities--Law and legislation--United States.
- Long-term care facilities.
- Health care reform--United States.
- Health care reform.
- Medical laws and legislation--United States.
- Medical laws and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Washington Post's must-read guide to the health care overhaul What now? Despite the rancorous, divisive, year-long debate in Washington, many Americans still don't understand what the historic overhaul of the health care system will-or won't-mean. In Landmark, the national reporting staff of The Washington Post pierces through the confusion, examining the new law's likely impact on us all: our families, doctors, hospitals, health care providers, insurers, and other parts of a health care system that has grown to occupy one-sixth of the U.S. e
- Contents:
- The call of history : "we're gonna get this done"
- The House of Pelosi : deals and betrayals
- The power of one : Lieberman blocks the way
- The rescue : Obama's last chance
- Priority one : expanding coverage
- The individual mandate : how it will work
- The insurers : more customers, more restrictions
- The insured : it's status quo for now
- Under thirty : joining the system, like it or not
- The Medicare changes : dollars and doughnuts
- Long-term care : a new national option
- Delivery of care : breaking bad habits
- On the front lines : how medical practice will change
- Preventive measures : more carrots and more sticks
- In the workplace : what it means for employers
- Medicaid's expansion : the impact on the states
- Paving for it : fixes, penalties, and spending cuts
- The abortion fight : what the compromise means
- The rest of the story : mental health, dental, and more.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-87073-7
- 9786613712745
- 1-58648-935-6
- OCLC:
- 732958147
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