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.
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United States -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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