Kirsch, Richard.

Fighting for Our Health : The Epic Battle to Make Health Care a Right in the United States. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (419 pages)

Intro -- Fighting for Our Health -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction: The Great Quest -- 1. Thumb Out in Both Directions -- 2. The Solution Is the Problem -- 3. Building Health Care for America Now -- 4. Ready, Set, Go! -- 5. Health Care in the 2008 Election -- 6. The Economy or Health Care? -- 7. From the Ground Up -Champions -- 8. From the Ground Up - Swings -- 9. The Happy Warrior -- 10. No HELP for the Gang of Six -- 11. The Guns of August -- 12. The White House Waffles -- 13. If the Insurance Companies Win - You Lose -- 14. The Baucus Bill Is a Failure -- 15. Did the White House Try to Get Me Fired? -- 16. The House Makes History -- 17. Harry's Dilemma -- 18. Lieberman's Revenge -- 19. Christmas Eve -- 20. Not Again! -- 21. Stop Big Insurance -Congress Listens to Us -- 22. Fighting for Our Health -- Epilogue: The Fight Goes On -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Insider Richard Kirsch offers a vivid, first-person account of how health care reform came to be.

9781438443492


Health care reform--United States.
Health care reform--United States--History.
Medical care--Law and legislation--United States.
Health insurance--Law and legislation--United States.


Electronic books.

RA395.A3 K57 2011

362.10973