The new health care system : everything you need to know /
David Nather.
- 1st ed.
- New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
- 230 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction -- How health insurance works -- Fixing the insurance market -- Everyone has to have health coverage -- Getting help paying for coverage -- What employers have to do -- The new health insurance exchanges -- What's left of the public option? -- While you're waiting-- -- Medicare changes -- The expansion of Medicaid -- Long-term care -- Preventive care and wellness -- Who decides what care you get? -- How they'll cut costs -- How they'll pay for it.
Explains the new benefits, rules, and regulations under the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and describes how the legislation will affect individuals' care and medical choices.--[source unknown].
9780312649340 (paperback) 0312649347 (paperback)
2010455869
United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Medical care--United States. Health insurance--United States. Medicare. Medicaid--Law and legislation. Health services accessibility--United States. Health care reform--United States. Medical laws and legislation--United States. Medical policy--United States. Medical care--United States. Health insurance--United States. Medically uninsured persons--United States. Servicios de salud--Estados Unidos. Atención médica--Costos--Estados Unidos Medicare--Law and legislation. Medicaid--Law and legislation. Access to health care--Law and legislation--United States. Health care reform--United States. Medical policy--United States.