Americas bitter pill author steven brill on obamacare. Steven brills book americas bitter pill, wont help anyone with purchasing health insurance on state or federal exchanges, and wont answer any specific questions on medical health coverage, costs, or options, but it does provide an interesting look into the development, changes, compromises, flaws and benefits of our nations new complex. Americas bitter pill by steven brill americas bitter pill is an overly detailed account of how the affordable care act aka obamacare came to be and how it performed in its first year. New haven bestselling author and journalist steven brill offered his take on the state of american health care in the age of obamacare during wednesdays connecticut state medical society. Republican repeal and replace healthcare efforts do neither published. When it comes to healthcare, the united states is a pitiable mess.
A graduate of yale college and yale law school, he also founded and ran court tv, the american lawyer magazine, ten regional legal newspapers, and brills content magazine. Steven brill has written for the new yorker, time, the new york times magazine, esquire, new york, and fortune. Renowned journalist blames health care costs on prices. Its a flyonthewall account of the titanic fight to pass a 961page law aimed at. But in brill s new book, americas bitter pill, his fresh, outsider curiosity makes him a superb guide to the maze of issues in american health care and health care reform. Now brill has written the book americas bitter pill about the political fights and the medical and pharmaceutical industry lobbying that made it difficult to pass any health care overhaul and.
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A recent book titled americas bitter pill by steven brill random house, december 2014 describes the money, politics and backroom deals leading up to the patient protection and affordable care act otherwise universally known as obama care. Screenshot via the daily show steven brill, author of times indepth health care analysis bitter pill, appeared on the daily show this week to. The health care cost article every american should read. Steven brills americas bitter pill tackles healthcare mess. Brill has achieved the seemingly impossiblewritten an exciting book about the american health system. Money, politics, backroom deals, and the fight to fix our broken healthcare system. All along ive had this bug to write about stuff that interests me. The people and forces behind americas fiftyyear fall and those fighting to reverse it. Why medical bills are killing us, for which he won the 2014. The home health care nurse ended up working for free in the final days of steven s life, which were over the thanksgiving weekend. Why medical bills are killing us, for which he won the 2014 national. Money, politics, backroom deals, and the fight to fix our broken healthcare.
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