Fighting for our health
Subtitle: the epic battle to make health care a right in the United States
By: Richard Kirsch
Publisher: Rockefeller Institute Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781930912243
Subjects: United States; Health Insurance; History, 21st Century; Health Care Reform; Politics; Legislation & jurisprudence; Legislation as Topic; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Thumb out in both directions; title: The solution is the problem; title: Building health care for America; title: Ready, set, go!; title: Health care in the 2008 elections; title: The economy or health care?; title: From the ground up, champions; title: From the ground up, swings; title: The happy warrior; title: No help for the gang of six; title: The guns of August; title: The White House waffles; title: If the insurance companies win, you lose; title: The Baucus bill is a failure; title: Did the White House try to get me fired?; title: The House makes history; title: Harry's dilemma; title: Lieberman's revenge; title: Christmas Eve; title: Not again!; title: Stop big insurance, Congress listens to us; title: Fighting for our health.