Obamacare, written by one of its principal architects. 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 ownquite. The facts and history that emanuel lays out would be useful to anyone involved in the debate over health care, no matter what their point of view is. Ezekiel emanuel, author of reinventing american healthcare in his new book, ezekiel emanuel explains how the affordable care act will improve our terribly complex, blatantly unjust.
A solution to get the problem off, have you found it. Emanuel is the author of reinventing american health care 4. Mar 14, 2014 early in his new book, reinventing american health care, ezekiel emanuel pictures the late senator arlen specter pa. And unlike a lot of experts, hes willing to make predictions about how health care will change in the coming years. Ezekiel emanuel on reinventing american health care. He does the impossibleexplain the dysfunctional american health care system and.
How the affordable care act will improve our terribly complex, blatantly unjust, outrageously expensive. Reinventing american health care duke university press. New ezekiel emanuel book critiques aca implementation. In reinventing american health care, ezekiel emanuel attempts to set the aca within the history of health reform. Ezekiel emanuels reinventing american health care is largely a history of reform efforts and a description of the enactment and early implementation of the affordable care act. Vice provost for global initiatives and chair of the department of medic. Reinventing american health care explains why the american health care system is the way it is why, for instance hospitals are so dominant, and the five problems that confront any attempt at reform. Emanuel, one of the principal architects of president obamas health care reform act and a leading bioethicist, visits the national constitution center to discuss his new book reinventing american health care on thursday, march 6, 2014 at 6. Teddy roosevelt, fdr, truman, kennedy and nixon all came to power promising universal coverage, and all failed.
Emanuel details why health care in america has become such a divisive social issue, how money and medicine have their ownquite distinctamerican story, and why reform has bedeviled presidents of the left and right for more than one hundred years. Wharton health care management professor ezekiel j. Emanuel, chair of the department of medical ethics and health policy at the university of pennsylvania, comes the definitive story of american health care todayits causes, consequences, and confusions. Reinventing american health care a book discussion with. Six healthcare megatrends caused by obamacare the new republic. Reinventing american health care a book discussion. No matter how you will get the solution, it will mean better. Ezekiel jonathan zeke emanuel born september 6, 1957 is an american oncologist and bioethicist and senior fellow at the center for american progress.
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Ezekiel emanuel s reinventing american health care is largely a history of reform efforts and a description of the enactment and early implementation of the affordable care act. There are very few policy experts in health care or any other field with zekes smarts, political antenna and persuasive powers. Evans leave a comment i recently read this book, which is an overview of the affordable care act a. In march 2010, the affordable care act was signed into law.
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