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Reporters and editors from the national staff of The Washington Post provide a comprehensible summary of the health care legislation the president signed into law in Spring 2010, and examine the impacts it will have on Americans in various categories, on health care providers and insurers, and on the health care system as a whole. They also provide a fascinating behind-the-scenes narrative of how the legislation came together, and of the political obstacles, events, negotiations, and compromises that helped determine its shape
Foreword Marcus Brauchli 11
Introduction Dan Balz 15
Part I How We Got Here
Chapter 1 The Call of History: "We're Gonna Get This Done" 31
Chapter 2 The House of Pelosi: Deals and Betrayals 59
Chapter 3 The Power of One: Lieberman Blocks the Way 75
Chapter 4 The Rescue: Obama's Last Chance 91
Part II What it Means for Us All
Preface: The Best, the Worst, the Future 115
Chapter 1 Priority One: Expanding Coverage 125
Chapter 2 The Individual Mandate: How It Will Work 141
Chapter 3 The Insurers: More Customers, More Restrictions 153
Chapter 4 The Insured: It's Status Quo - For Now 163
Chapter 5 Under Thirty: Joining the System, Like It or Not 174
Chapter 6 The Medicare Changes: Dollars and Doughnuts 182
Chapter 7 Long-Term Care: A New National Option 195
Chapter 8 Delivery of Care: Breaking Bad Habits 203
Chapter 9 On the Front Lines: How Medical Practice Will Change 213
Chapter 10 Preventive Measures: More Carrots and More Sticks 228
Chapter 11 In the Workplace: What It Means for Employers 240
Chapter 12 Medicaid's Expansion: The Impact on the States 253
Chapter 13 Paying for it: Taxes, Penalties and Spending Cuts 262
Chapter 14 The Abortion Fight: What the Compromise Means 277
Chapter 15 The Rest of the Story: Mental Health, Dental and More 283
Conclusion: Judging Success 295
Part III The Law
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 307
The Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act 439
Acknowledgments 459
Index 463
Overview
Reporters and editors from the national staff of The Washington Post provide a comprehensible summary of the health care legislation the president signed into law in Spring 2010, and examine the impacts it will have on Americans in various categories, on health care providers and insurers, and on the health care system as a whole. They also provide a fascinating behind-the-scenes narrative of how the legislation came together, and of the political obstacles, events, negotiations, and compromises that helped ...