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Howard Dean?s Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform
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
changed—except 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 don’t adequately cover
them when they need their coverage most. Something has got to give. In his bold, new book, Howard
Dean—the physician and former governor widely credited for
reviving the Democratic Party after the 2004 elections—tells
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. “America has had ‘socialized’ medicine since
1964,” says Dean. “It’s 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.” In this straight-talking guide to rising above today’s
healthcare crisis, Dean spells out: * What Obama’s 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 doesn’t 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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