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Author:

Geyman, John P., 1931-

Title:

Hijacked : the road to single payer in the aftermath of stolen health care reform / John Geyman.

Publisher:

Common Courage Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiv, 290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Single-payer health care--United States.
Health care reform--United States.
Health Care Reform--United States.
Insurance, Health--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"Yes we can" meets Machiavelli : shifting corporate alliances for and against reform -- Corruption of the political process : how industry shepherds its legislators -- Who framed health care reform? How the public was misled on issues and policy alternatives -- The three Ds : distortion, disinformation & deception : their use by the left and right for and against reform -- Media and money : broadcasting corporate values -- Missing in action : public opinion and the public interest -- Bailout under a Blue Cross : the tortuous path to a gutted bill in Congress -- Health care reform 2010 : better than nothing? -- Wall Street wins, main street loses : lessons from this legislative train wreck -- New realities : a perfect storm ahead -- D©♭j© vu all over again : a century of health care reform attempts in America -- Nobody will save us but ourselves : a road map to real reform -- Single payer NHI : the only financing system that will work.

ISBN:

1567514030 (ebook)
9781567514032 (ebook)
1567514022 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781567514025 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)645598388

LCCN:

2010028019

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)