Health Care Reform and American Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know

Synopsis

In Health Care Reform And American Politics: What Everyone Needs To Know, Lawrence R. Jacobs And Theda Skocpol, Two Of The Nation's Leading Experts On Politics And Health Care Policy, Provide A Concise And Accessible Overview. They Explain The Political Battles Of 2009 And 2010, Highlighting White House Strategies, The Deals Democrats Cut With Interest Groups, And The Impact Of Agitation By Tea Partiers And Progressives. Jacobs And Skocpol Spell Out What The New Law Can Do For Everyday Americans, What It Will Cost, And Who Will Pay. Above All, They Explain What Comes Next, As Critical Yet Often Behind-the-scenes Battles Rage Over Implementing Reform Nationally And In The Fifty States. Affordable Care Might End Up Being Weakened. But, Like Social Security And Medicare, It Could Also Gain Strength And Popularity As The Majority Of Americans Learn What It Can Do For Them. Why Now? Broken Health Care And An Election For Change -- The Year Of Pitched Battles: Who Fought For What, Why And How -- How The Scott Brown Upset Strengthened Health Reform -- What Did They Deliver? The Promise Of Affordable Care -- Will Health Care Reform Survive And Succeed?. Lawrence R. Jacobs And Theda Skocpol. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.