Health Care Reform and American Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know(r), Revised and Updated Edition

by Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs

Book Overview

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation, and the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Act has ensured that it will remain the law of the land. The new law extends health insurance to nearly all Americans, fulfilling a century-long quest and bringing the United States to parity with other industrial nations. Affordable Care aims to control rapidly rising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199976139
• ISBN13: 9780199976133
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.2" x 5.4"