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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, ...

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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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As a both a Democratic Party standard bearer and a former practicing physician, Gov. Dean (You Have the Power, Winning Back America) has placed himself at the forefront of grass-roots organizing for healthcare reform. In a searing indictment of private insurers who put profits ahead of care, Dean advocates a public-health insurance option, posing the question: "Is private health insurance really health insurance? Or is it simply an extension of the things that have been happening on Wall Street?" Charts illustrate the disadvantages faced by U.S. industry against competitors in other countries, and dovetail with his plan for "healthcare reform, not just insurance reform," including more preventative medicine, home-care for seniors, standards set by medical professionals rather than insurers; ultimately, he concludes, the result would be lower costs and better medicine. Dean is most controversial when he proposes to fund reforms with a carbon tax on gasoline, and only slightly less so when asserting that a "reform bill is not worth passing" without a public option. This lively, detailed read should help shape the debate on one of the year's most pressing issues.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781603582285
  • Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
  • Publication date: 7/15/2009
  • Pages: 160
  • Sales rank: 708,760
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Howard Dean

Howard Dean-physician and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)-served six terms as Governor of Vermont before running for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in the nation's 2004 election. Dean also founded Democracy for America (DFA), the grassroots organization that organizes activists in local communities, trains campaign staff, and endorses progressive candidates. Recently, Dean launched a DFA healthcare reform campaign-pushing legislators to give Americans a public healthcare option. While he was Vermont's governor, the state expanded its universal healthcare program for children and pregnant women-and also lowered its public debt, balanced its budget 11 times, and reduced income taxes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface xi

Introduction xv

Part 1 Profile of a Crisis

1 The Trouble with Private Health Insurance 3

2 Healthcare Reform Is Business Reform 8

3 Our Responsibility 17

Part 2 A Prescription for Healthcare Reform

4 The Starter Pack: Fundamental Elements of Healthcare Reform 25

5 President Obama's Healthcare Plan 31

6 Reform without a Public Health Insurance Option Is Not Real Reform 38

7 How to Control Costs 50

8 How to Pay for All This 58

Part 3 Who's Been Standing in the Way?

9 Why Is This So Hard to Pass? 67

10 The Black Hats: Special Interests and Other Opposition 77

Part 4 Shattering Healthcare Myths

11 Healthcare Reform Is Not a New Idea 95

12 How Do Other Countries Do It? 99

13 Eleven Myths 109

Part 5 A Call to Action

14 Know the Bottom Line 119

15 Meet Your Neighbors: You May Be One of Them 123

16 What You Can Do for Your Neighbors, Your Country, and Yourself 129

Index 133

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  • Posted August 1, 2009

    Doc Dean lays out Prescription for National Reform

    Sometimes the patient doesn't like getting advice but they need to hear it. Other times people have a knee jerk reaction and resort to platitudes but Dr Dean, former Governor of Vermont lays out in a clear succinct manner the case for reform.

    You can agree or disagree with the solution but for me (an independent) this is the first time I have seen a coherent argument that it is the sheer size of this sector and the abject failure of free market conditions that requires the government to step in and level the playing field for consumers.

    He is also clear however that the public subsidy has to be self-sufficient to keep politics out of it (aka the drug doughnut in medicare) and reminds us that we already have the money to pay for this (since when people without insurance get sick and end up in the hospital we already do pay for their care). He identifies sources of savings (about 4 percent of every dollar that goes into Medicare is spent on administration. In the private sector, that number is between 12 percent and 50 percent.)

    He gives lots of examples of why our current system is financial unsustainable. Toyota and Ford moving factories to Canada because the health care costs are less for them there but his main contribution is straight forward analysis and some creative ideas (a gas tax to pay for health care) from a doctor with an understanding of politics to the conversation.

    I don't agree with everything he says, nor some of his politics but this is a review of the book not of the author.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 4, 2010

    What is really going on with America's healthcare system, and what Barack Obama's healthcare reform bill is all about.

    Howard Dean's Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform tackles the American healthcare system from all angles. As a physician, Dean has seen first hand what happens to citizens when they need their health insurance the most. They are dropped as soon as they start costing money. Also, with Deans political career as a former governor for Vermont, he really has a really unique understanding and perhaps has one of the best understandings of healthcare in American politics. Now America has many problems and things have worsened since the recession has started. As of right now America is ranked last in many aspects of health. We spend the most money but have the worst quality. In our current recesion we are losing jobs. As the jobs lost number rises, so does the number of Americans who lose their health insurance. In this book, Dean explains what has been happening in our current system and how we can acheive affordable healthcare for every American. He lays out a very realistic and sensible approach for solving this problem. Now he has done his part, and Congress is doing theirs, but it comes down to the citizens. I didn't think I'd enjoy the book at first, but I most definitely did. I feel much better now that I have some background in healthcare reform, especially since it is one of the major political debates in America today. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in knowing what they would have under Barack Obama's healthcare plan. I knew that America was in bad shape, but this book and its facts really opens the eyes.

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  • Posted December 5, 2009

    Best explanation of health care reform yet.

    Regardless of what you think about health care reform efforts, you need to get this perspective. It may not change your mind, but it certainly did for me.

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  • Posted October 15, 2009

    Howard Dean's book "Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform" is typical.

    Party line right down to the public option. Health care reform is necessary, I agree. But solving it with absurd things like "wellness programs" (which has been around for many years) and public options only creates bigger inept gov't programs.
    The fact of the matter is this: Find a solution to funding issue and everything else will fall into place. The problem with Dean's book, it is bias, not well thought out and unoriginal. It avoids the issue of who and how will pay for the plan, which in my opinion is a critical component of a successful health care plan. The fact of the matter is that we all have to pay for it. A special effort will be necessary to obtain the cooperation from the many entities that the issue touches. The income stream that will be necessary to pay for any kind of plan must be sustainable and reliable. Dean's book never even goes there.

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  • Posted October 10, 2009

    Legislators: Please read before voting.

    Short, but to the point! I thought Dr.Dean did a good job of enumerating the problems and possible solutions to the healthcare reform situation. I especially liked the comparison of the various healthcare models in other countries. He gave facts and figures and was well researched.

    My only wish would be that every legislator would read this before they vote. We need a change. It would be nice if for once change took into account the people it is meant to serve, and not big business as usual.

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  • Posted September 27, 2009

    Recommended.

    Honest leader who has dedicated his life to helping Americans receive health care.

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