Inside national health reform / John E. McDonough.

ISBN:

9780520949614

9781283278171

Title:

Inside national health reform / John E. McDonough.

Author:

McDonough, John E. (John Edward)

Personal Author:

McDonough, John E. (John Edward)

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 22

Contents:

The knowledge base : why national health reform? -- Social strategy : Massachusetts Avenue -- Political will I : prelude to a health reform campaign -- Political will II : a health reform campaign -- Title I : the three-legged stool -- Title II : Medicaid, CHIP, and the governors -- Title III : medical care, Medicare, and the cost curve -- Title IV : money, mammograms, and menus -- Title V : who will provide the care? -- Title VI : the stew -- Title VII : bio-similar biological products -- Title VIII : class act -- Title IX : paying for the ACA or about half of it -- Title X-plus : the manager's amendment and the reconciliation act.

Subject Term:

Health care reform -- United States.

Health Care Reform.

Federal Government.

Health Care Costs.

National Health Programs.

Politics.

Geographic Term:

United States.

Added Corporate Author:

Milbank Memorial Fund.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2011

Publication Information:

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Summary

This indispensable guide to the Affordable Care Act, our new national health care law, lends an insider's deep understanding of policy to a lively and absorbing account of the extraordinary--and extraordinarily ambitious--legislative effort to reform the nation's health care system. Dr. John E. McDonough, DPH, a health policy expert who served as an advisor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy, provides a vivid picture of the intense effort required to bring this legislation into law. McDonough clearly explains the ACA's inner workings, revealing the rich landscape of the issues, policies, and controversies embedded in the law yet unknown to most Americans. In his account of these historic events, McDonough takes us through the process from the 2008 presidential campaign to the moment in 2010 when President Obama signed the bill into law. At a time when the nation is taking a second look at the ACA, Inside National Health Reform provides the essential information for Americans to make informed judgments about this landmark law.

Author Notes

McDonough John E. :

John E. McDonough , DPH, MPA, is a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and the first Joan H. Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He is the author of Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care (UC Press). Between 2008 and 2010, he served as Senior Advisor on National Health Reform to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and also played a major role in the 2006 Massachusetts health reform law.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

By offering a concise description of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), McDonough (public health, Harvard; Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care) provides an opportunity for readers interested in debating the merits of the law to do so with a solid understanding of its history and content. McDonough worked as a Massachusetts state legislator, in addition to directing Harvard's Center for Public Health Leadership during the creation of that state's health-care reform, and went on to serve as a Senate staffer during the drafting and passage of the ACA. He describes the origins and legislative struggles that led to the laws that were enacted and then devotes a chapter to each of the ten titles within the ACA. A concluding chapter attempts to look at the future of the law-its challenging implementation, fiscal consequences, and legal issues. VERDICT McDonough has done the hard work of breaking a large and historic piece of legislation down into a sober, balanced, thorough, readable, and important book. Recommended.-Dick Maxwell, Porter Adventist Hosp. Lib., Denver (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.