05414cam a2200373 4500 233549434 TxAuBib 20150806120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781101921791 110192179X 840b4454-845e-4d83-bc35-f287184bf746 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2001581 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Brill, Steven. America's Bitter Pill [Libby Audiobook] : Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 472MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 472MB. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER America's Bitter Pill is Steven Brill's acclaimed book on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing—and failing to change—the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry. It's a fly-on-the-wall account of the titanic fight to pass a 961-page law aimed at fixing America's largest, most dysfunctional industry. It's a penetrating chronicle of how the profiteering that Brill first identified in his trailblazing Time magazine cover story continues, despite Obamacare. And it is the first complete, inside account of how President Obama persevered to push through the law, but then failed to deal with the staff incompetence and turf wars that crippled its implementation. But by chance America's Bitter Pill ends up being much more—because as Brill was completing this book, he had to undergo urgent open-heart surgery. Thus, this also becomes the story of how one patient who thinks he knows everything about healthcare "policy" rethinks it from a hospital gurney—and combines that insight with his brilliant reporting. The result: a surprising new vision of how we can fix American healthcare so that it stops draining the bank accounts of our families and our businesses, and the federal treasury. Praise for America's Bitter Pill "A tour de force . . . a comprehensive and suitably furious guide to the political landscape of American healthcare . . . persuasive, shocking."—The New York Times "An energetic, picaresque, narrative explanation of much of what has happened in the last seven years of health policy . . . [Brill] has pulled off something extraordinary."—The New York Times Book Review "A thunderous indictment of what Brill refers to as the 'toxicity of our profiteer-dominated healthcare system.' "—Los Angeles Times "A sweeping and spirited new book [that] chronicles the surprisingly juicy tale of reform."—The Daily Beast "One of the most important books of our time."—Walter Isaacson "Superb . . . Brill has achieved the seemingly impossible—written an exciting book about the American health system."—The New York Review of Books From the Hardcover edition.. HTML:Advance praise for America's Bitter Pill "A landmark study, filled with brilliant reporting and insights, that shows how government really works--or fails to work."--Bob Woodward "America's Bitter Pill is deeply impressive, an important diagnosis of what America needs to know if we're ever to develop a healthcare system that is fair, efficient, and effective."--Tom Brokaw "This is one of the most important books of our time. Through revealing personal stories, dogged political reporting, and clear analysis, it makes the battle over Obama's healthcare plan come alive and shows why it matters. It should be required reading for anyone who cares about our healthcare system."--Walter Isaacson "In America's Bitter Pill, Steven Brill brilliantly ties together not only the saga of Obamacare, but also the larger story of our dysfunctional healthcare system and its disastrous impact on both businesses and ordinary Americans. In a gripping narrative, his thorough reporting is made all the more powerful by his own scary experience looking up from a gurney.". Arianna Huffington. Nonfiction. Politics. History. Law. Media Type: Audiobook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. Woren, Dan. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=840b4454-845e-4d83-bc35-f287184bf746 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2001581-AmericasBitterPill.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=840B4454-845E-4D83-BC35-F287184BF746&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2001581-AmericasBitterPill.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=840B4454-845E-4D83-BC35-F287184BF746&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)