Fighting for our health : the epic battle to make health care a right in the United States /

Kirsch, Richard.

Fighting for our health : the epic battle to make health care a right in the United States / Richard Kirsch. - Albany, N.Y. : Rockefeller Institute Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xx, 396 pages) - Rockefeller Institute Press .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Thumb out in both directions -- The solution is the problem -- Building health care for America -- Ready, set, go! -- Health care in the 2008 elections -- The economy or health care? -- From the ground up, champions -- From the ground up, swings -- The happy warrior -- No help for the gang of six -- The guns of August -- The White House waffles -- If the insurance companies win, you lose -- The Baucus bill is a failure -- Did the White House try to get me fired? -- The House makes history -- Harry's dilemma -- Lieberman's revenge -- Christmas Eve -- Not again! -- Stop big insurance, Congress listens to us -- Fighting for our health.



9781438443492


United States -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act


Health care reform--United States.
Health care reform--History.--United States
Medical care--Law and legislation--United States.
Health insurance--Law and legislation--United States.
Politics, Practical.
Insurance, Health--legislation & jurisprudence
Legislation as Topic--history
Health Care Reform--history
Health Care Reform--legislation & jurisprudence
History, 21st Century
Politics


Electronic Books.

RA395 / .F544 2011