Why does President Obama’s healthcare plan remain so controversial? In this readable, entertaining, and substantive book, Stuart Altman and fellow healthcare specialist David Shactman explain not only the Obama plan, but also many of the intriguing stories in the hundred-year saga leading up to the landmark 2010 legislation. Blending political intrigue, policy substance, and good old-fashioned storytelling, this is the first book to place the universal health plan within historical perspective.
Stuart Altman is an internationally recognized expert in health policy. He served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Nixon administration and as a member of the health policy team for Barack Obama.
David Shactman is a freelance writer who was a Senior Fellow in Health Policy at the Heller School. He is coeditor of two books, Policies for an Aging Society and Regulating Managed Care.
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