Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works - Softcover

Gruber, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809053977 ISBN 13: 9780809053971

Publisher: Hill and Wang, 2011

Synopsis

You won't have to worry about going broke if you get sick.

We will start to bring the costs of health care under control.

And we will do all this while reducing the federal deficit.

That is the promise of the Affordable Care Act. But from the moment President Obama signed the bill into law in 2010, a steady and mounting avalanche of misinformation about the ACA has left a growing majority of Americans confused about what it is, why it's necessary, and how it works. If you're one of them, buy this book. From how to tame the twin threats of rising costs and the increasing number of uninsured to why an insurance mandate is good for your health, Health Care Reform dispels false fears by arming you with facts.

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About the Author:

Dr. Jonathan Gruber is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was a key architect of Massachusetts's ambitious health reform effort and consulted extensively with the Obama administration and Congress during the development of the Affordable Care Act. The Washington Post called him "possibly the [Democratic] party's most influential health-care expert."

Nathan Schreiber's comics have appeared in L'Uomo Vogue, Overflow, and Smith Magazine and on ACT-I-VATE.com. His comic Power Out won a Xeric award and has been nominated for an Eisner award and multiple Harvey awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill and Wang
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0809053977
• ISBN 13: 9780809053971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Illustrator: Schreiber Nathan