Inside National Health Reform by John E. McDonough (English) Paperback Book

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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.

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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.

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"John's firsthand account of the development, passage and enactment of the Affordable Care Act breathes life and sheds light into the history, process and substance of this landmark legislative achievement. Much like the crafting of the legislation itself, the painstaking work to produce this book will serve generations of people and policymakers, regardless of how the final chapter on this law - its implementation or repeal - is ultimately written."--Chris Jennings, Former Senior Health Care Advisor for President Bill Clinton "John McDonough is the ideal person to help us understand the significance and likely impact of health care reform. His knowledge and wisdom enables him to provide thoughtful insights about how our health care system will be improved by this legislation. Anyone interested in understanding our evolving health care system should read this book."--Ron Pollack, Executive Director, Families USA "John McDonough provides fascinating insight into how the Affordable Care Act - really 10 pieces of legislation rolled into one - made it through the labyrinth of Congress to the president's desk. And, more importantly, he explains how reform will benefit just about everyone, and put the U.S. health system on the path to high performance with better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency for decades to come."--Karen Davis, PhD, President, The Commonwealth Fund "John McDonough's unique perspective captures the context and progress of health reform from genesis to conclusion. Of course the odyssey of American health reform is not concluded, but this book will do a great service to understanding how we got this far."--Charles N. Kahn III, President and CEO, Federation of American Hospitals

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of Tables Foreword by Carmen Hooker Odom and Samuel L. Milbank Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction—A Meeting in Minnesota     Part I. Preludes and Process    1.     The Knowledge Base—Why National Health Reform?        2.     Social Strategy—Massachusetts Avenue        3.     Political Will I—Prelude to a Health Reform Campaign        4.     Political Will II—A Health Reform Campaign     Part II. Policies—Ten Titles    5.     Title I—The Three Legged Stool        6.     Title II—Medicaid, CHIP, and the Governors        7.     Title III—Medical Care, Medicare, and the Cost Curve        8.     Title IV—Money, Mammograms, and Menus        9.     Title V—Who Will Provide the Care?        10.     Title VI—The Stew        11.     Title VII—Biosimilar Biological Products        12.     Title VIII—CLASS Act        13.     Title IX—Paying for the ACA (or about Half of It)        14.     Title X Plus—The Manager's Amendment and the Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act             Conclusion     Notes Health Reform Timeline Index 

Review

"Superb... Likely to become required reading for anyone who wishes (or claims) to understand health care in the United States." -- Rick Mayes Health Affairs "Read McDonough's book." The Incidental Economist "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 Library Journal "Admirably clear ... provides the best explanation available, which occupies most of his book, of the many individual components of the ten titles of the final act." -- Jeff Madrick New York Review Of Books "Unique... Offers a perspective available to few others... Accessible, highly informative, and well worth [the reader's] time." -- Paul Van de Water, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities World Medical & Health Policy Jrnl

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"Unique. . . . Offers a perspective available to few others. . . . Accessible, highly informative, and well worth [the reader's] time."-- World Medical & Health Policy Jrnl

Details ISBN0520274520 Author John E. McDonough Short Title INSIDE NATL HEALTH REFORM Publisher University of California Press Series California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public Language English ISBN-10 0520274520 ISBN-13 9780520274525 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 22 Residence US Imprint University of California Press Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2011-09-12 AU Release Date 2011-09-12 NZ Release Date 2011-09-12 US Release Date 2011-09-12 Pages 360 Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-09-12 DEWEY 362.10425 Illustrations 12 b-w photographs, 9 tables Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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