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The Trillion Dollar Revolution: How the Affordable Care Act Transformed Politics, Law, and Health Care in America
Ten years after the landmark legislation, Ezekiel Emanuel leads a crowd of experts, policy-makers, doctors, and scholars as they evaluate the Affordable Care Act's history so far.
On the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- arguably the most significant piece of social legislation in over a half-century -- this collection of essays from a number of leading policymakers, academics, journalists, lawyers, and healthcare providers examines the law's legacy so far.
The ACA sought to dramatically expand health insurance coverage --- and reform health care delivery in America in the process. Ten years later, after surviving several bruising political and legal battles, the law has both fallen short of its original ambitions and proven more influential than anticipated.
As the country continues to grapple with the ACA's legacy, this collection -- which includes contributions from former secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, former US Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor -- provides a thorough accounting of where the law has succeeded and where it is still failing to deliver on its promise to transform our nation's health care system.
On the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- arguably the most significant piece of social legislation in over a half-century -- this collection of essays from a number of leading policymakers, academics, journalists, lawyers, and healthcare providers examines the law's legacy so far.
The ACA sought to dramatically expand health insurance coverage --- and reform health care delivery in America in the process. Ten years later, after surviving several bruising political and legal battles, the law has both fallen short of its original ambitions and proven more influential than anticipated.
As the country continues to grapple with the ACA's legacy, this collection -- which includes contributions from former secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, former US Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor -- provides a thorough accounting of where the law has succeeded and where it is still failing to deliver on its promise to transform our nation's health care system.
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368 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 3, 2020
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August 31, 2021
Generally pro ACA, it was a very comprehensive look at the ACA from the very beginning to now, 10 years later. I appreciated the style choice of having multiple authors write about specific aspects of the act- this gave it a fairly wide range of opinions, from those wildly for it and from those who are against it, even from people who are, unbelievably, rather unbiased. It definitely reveals the egregious mess of our healthcare system with some hope for the future.
July 19, 2020
Series of essays about the ACA and sometimes they come to different conclusions, which is a bit jarring, but to be expected with such a broad law.
Feels honest. Frankly, I was expecting more of a booster book, but the writers discusses many of the warts and how they came to be, what's working and not working, what was designed well and what wasn't. I enjoyed it more than I expected since I believe the law was fraught with difficulties, owing mostly to the politics around its passing and how hard it is to get something that large right the first (second or third) time.
Feels honest. Frankly, I was expecting more of a booster book, but the writers discusses many of the warts and how they came to be, what's working and not working, what was designed well and what wasn't. I enjoyed it more than I expected since I believe the law was fraught with difficulties, owing mostly to the politics around its passing and how hard it is to get something that large right the first (second or third) time.
April 23, 2020
The bureaucrats who received more money and more power from a law are telling you how good it is, and how they need more money and more power to make it even better for themselves.
August 21, 2021
This book really helped me understand the legislation and the process that got it passed, as well as the challenges it has faced since. The chapters are written by legislators and scholars from both sides of the aisle, and from people who are have been on the front lines, providing intimate, first-hand knowledge. While it was a bit repetitive and also a bit dense in places, I'm a better citizen, patient, and health psychologist for having read it.
October 6, 2021
Reaction: An explication of all of the many successes and shortcomings of the ACA
Writing Style: Politicians, economists, clinicians, and lawyers in an academic tone, each chapter is its own writing style with supporters and dissenters scattered throughout
Argumentation: The ACA, with all of its controversy, was groundbreaking in establishing a set of legislation that would become the beginnings of partisanship becoming the mainstay of USA. Few policies are so divisive as this one complex law, and it shows with the many criticisms from all sides at different points of the act’s conception, implementation, and regulation
Commendation: makes the reader feel less sure about what the ACA stands for given the volume of information and detail that calls into question many things
Critique: a basic primer on health insurance at the very beginning to establish key concepts of health insurance in the US, establishing ACOs, CHIPs, NFIB, CARES, FFS, HMO, PPO, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. Lots of prior knowledge should be easily accessible for the reader
Writing Style: Politicians, economists, clinicians, and lawyers in an academic tone, each chapter is its own writing style with supporters and dissenters scattered throughout
Argumentation: The ACA, with all of its controversy, was groundbreaking in establishing a set of legislation that would become the beginnings of partisanship becoming the mainstay of USA. Few policies are so divisive as this one complex law, and it shows with the many criticisms from all sides at different points of the act’s conception, implementation, and regulation
Commendation: makes the reader feel less sure about what the ACA stands for given the volume of information and detail that calls into question many things
Critique: a basic primer on health insurance at the very beginning to establish key concepts of health insurance in the US, establishing ACOs, CHIPs, NFIB, CARES, FFS, HMO, PPO, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. Lots of prior knowledge should be easily accessible for the reader
March 18, 2020
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This is a comprehensive look at the successes and failures of the Affordable Act. It details the initial struggles of passing such a historical bill and it dives into it's achievements as well as it's areas of improvement. It's very dense to read so if you're particularly interested in this bill then this is a good book for you.
This is a comprehensive look at the successes and failures of the Affordable Act. It details the initial struggles of passing such a historical bill and it dives into it's achievements as well as it's areas of improvement. It's very dense to read so if you're particularly interested in this bill then this is a good book for you.
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