Inside National Health Reform

John E. McDonough, DPH, MPA, is a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and the first Joan H. Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He is the author of Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care (UC Press). Between 2008 and 2010, he served as Senior Advisor on National Health Reform to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and also played a major role in the 2006 Massachusetts health reform law.

"Superb... Likely to become required reading for anyone who wishes (or claims) to understand health care in the United States." -- Rick Mayes Health Affairs "Read McDonough's book." The Incidental Economist "McDonough has done the hard work of breaking a large and historic piece of legislation down into a sober, balanced, thorough, readable, and important book. Recommended." -- Dick Maxwell Library Journal "Admirably clear ... provides the best explanation available, which occupies most of his book, of the many individual components of the ten titles of the final act." -- Jeff Madrick New York Review Of Books "Unique... Offers a perspective available to few others... Accessible, highly informative, and well worth [the reader's] time." -- Paul Van de Water, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities World Medical & Health Policy Jrnl

• List of Tables Foreword by Carmen Hooker Odom and Samuel L. Milbank Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction—A Meeting in Minnesota     Part I. Preludes and Process 1.     The Knowledge Base—Why National Health Reform?     2.     Social Strategy—Massachusetts Avenue     3.     Political Will I—Prelude to a Health Reform Campaign     4.     Political Will II—A Health Reform Campaign     Part II. Policies—Ten Titles 5.     Title I—The Three Legged Stool     6.     Title II—Medicaid, CHIP, and the Governors     7.     Title III—Medical Care, Medicare, and the Cost Curve     8.     Title IV—Money, Mammograms, and Menus     9.     Title V—Who Will Provide the Care?     10.     Title VI—The Stew     11.     Title VII—Biosimilar Biological Products     12.     Title VIII—CLASS Act     13.     Title IX—Paying for the ACA (or about Half of It)     14.     Title X Plus—The Manager’s Amendment and the Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act     Conclusion     Notes Health Reform Timeline Index