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HOWARD DEAN?S PRESCRIPTION FOR REAL HEALTHCARE REFORM
By: Howard Dean
How We Can Achieve Affordable Medical Care for Every American and Make Our Jobs Safer
Chelsea Green Publishing Company
August 2009
On Sale: July 28, 2009
144 pages
ISBN: 1603582282
EAN: 9781603582285
Hardcover
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What would real healthcare reform look like? And how can everyday Americans trump big money and put healthcare back on track? Howard Dean speaks out. "The success of healthcare reform legislation rises and falls on whether the American public is allowed to opt into a universally available public healthcare program, like Medicare, or not. If Congress issues a bill that gives Americans a public option, then there will be real healthcare reform. If not, we could be back fighting about it for another 20 years before anybody tries again."--Howard Dean Americans have pondered how to reform healthcare since the days of Harry Truman. But, for most Americans, little has changedβexcept that healthcare costs have soared, health insurance companies have grown richer, and, today, even those Americans who pay dearly for health insurance frequently find that their policies donβt adequately cover them when they need their coverage most. Something has got to give. In his bold, new book, Howard Deanβthe physician and former governor widely credited for reviving the Democratic Party after the 2004 electionsβtells Americans what needs to be done to successfully reform healthcare. One key, he writes, is to offer Americans the option to participate in a public healthcare program, much like Medicare. βAmerica has had βsocializedβ medicine since 1964,β says Dean. βItβs called Medicare; it covers every American over 65, and the majority of them are happy with the program. The rest of America deserves a similar option.β In this straight-talking guide to rising above todayβs healthcare crisis, Dean spells out: * What Obamaβs healthcare plan is all about * How other countries handle healthcare * Which special interests are standing in the way of progress and why * How healthcare reform will help American businesses prosper * Why Americans need choice--between private or public health coverage Millions of Americans lack health insurance; millions more pay for coverage that doesnβt protect them from serious illness; and the status quo leaves Americans at the mercy of corporate interests. In this persuasive argument from a passionate political strategist, Americans learn how to take back the healthcare reins.
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