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Medicare for Dummies, 2nd Edition by Call Number: RA412.3 .B37 2015 (DP)ISBN: 9781119079422Publication Date: 2015 -
Affordable Care Act for Dummies by An essential and easy-to-understand guide to the Affordable CareAct The Affordable Care Act For Dummies is your survivalguide to understanding the changes in our health care system andhow they benefit you. Written in down-to-earth language, this handyresource outlines new protections under the Affordable Care Act,and walks you through what you-as an individual or anemployer-need to do to select the best health insurance planfor your needs. With this book, you get answers to your topquestions about how the law applies to you. The folks that bring you the For Dummies line of useful,educational books have teamed up with AARP to give you a hands-onguide that offers insight into how to make the right decisionsabout health care and improve your quality of life. It is filledwith examples, ideas, and information as well as useful takeawaysto help you take full advantage of the reforms. Uncover the 10 essential benefits of the Affordable Health CareAct Receive guidance on what will improve if you already haveinsurance coverage If you don't have coverage, determine which insurance programis right for you and your family and whether you're eligible forfinancial assistance Find out what changes businesses large and small cananticipate Learn how to avoid scammers who are taking advantage ofconsumers' confusion Use this complete guide to get the facts about the AffordableCare Act, clear up any misconceptions you may have about the law,and prepare for the health care choices ahead.Call Number: RA395.A3 Y34 2014 (RHC)ISBN: 9781118869444Publication Date: 2014 -
Reinventing American Health Care by The definitive story of American health care today--its causes, consequences, and confusions In March 2010, the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. It was the most extensive reform of America’s health care system since at least the creation of Medicare in 1965, and maybe ever. The ACA was controversial and highly political, and the law faced legal challenges reaching all the way to the Supreme Court; it even precipitated a government shutdown. It was a signature piece of legislation for President Obama’s first term, and also a ball and chain for his second. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania who also served as a special adviser to the White House on health care reform, has written a brilliant diagnostic explanation of why health care in America has become such a divisive social issue, how money and medicine have their own--quite distinct--American story, and why reform has bedeviled presidents of the left and right for more than one hundred years. Emanuel also explains exactly how the ACA reforms are reshaping the health care system now. He forecasts the future, identifying six mega trends in health that will determine the market for health care to 2020 and beyond. His predictions are bold, provocative, and uniquely well-informed. Health care--one of America’s largest employment sectors, with an economy the size of the GDP of France--has never had a more comprehensive or authoritative interpreter.Call Number: RA413 .E45 2014 (DP)ISBN: 9781610393454Publication Date: 2014
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Academic Search Complete EBSCO This link opens in a new windowProvides a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals - of which more than 7,300 are peer-reviewed journals.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowRead the CQ Researcher report: Assessing the New Health Care Law. Links for other reports on health care topics can be found to the right of the article.
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new windowThe Health Care Legislation page in the Opposing Viewpoints database links to articles, radio interviews, video and images about the Affordable Care Act.
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