Why ObamaCare is Wrong for America: How the New Health Care Law Drives Up Costs, Puts Government in Charge of Your Decisions, and Threatens Your Constitutional Rights Review

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(More customer reviews)I highly recommend this book! I thought that I understood ObamaCare and what it meant for me and my family but after reading Why ObamaCare is Wrong for America, I realized I had no idea just how dangerous this law really is. The book's well-written and succinct (but very easy-to-read) chapters outline the impact of ObamaCare on families, seniors, young adults, taxpayers and examined how the legislation impacts my relationship with my doctors and my employer and its affect on my constitutional rights. I was terrified by what I read!
However, the book did not end there. The last chapter provides what I think is the best collection of ideas and action steps that I've ever read on what I can do to stop ObamaCare. I had thought it was a lost cause after the legislation passed last year but I am excited to know that not only can ObamaCare be stopped but I can do something about it!
If you've ever been curious about what ObamaCare is and its impact on your life, then you have to read this book. And if you want to know how it can be repealed and what you can do about it - this is a must read!

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Most people initially had high hopes for health reform. There clearly are problems that must be fixed. The president had promised that if reform passed, everyone would be able to get health insurance, costs would go down, and we would be able to keep both our doctors and our coverage. And we were told that reform would even cut the deficit and make Medicare stronger.

But the law that actually passed became a Rube Goldberg contraption that can't possibly work and that fails to meet its promises-and it will make many problems worse. Officials say it will leave at least 23 million people uninsured, it is already making health insurance more expensive, and it threatens major changes to the coverage that tens of millions of Americans have today. Seniors are frightened that its cuts to future Medicare spending will jeopardize their care, and taxpayers see a flood of red ink far into the future.

ObamaCare is leaving a comet tail of broken promises as it steamrolls its way through our economy and into our lives. What happened? How could there possibly be such a big gap between promise and reality?

In Why ObamaCare is Wrong for America, the authors-who work for four different conservative think tanks and have led the fight to educate the American people about the impact of ObamaCare-explain exactly what the law stipulates and how the law will affect each of us: as patients, as employees, as taxpayers, and as citizens. They also lay out a plan for reforming the law so we can get health care right. Finally, the authors share concrete steps each of us can take to put the breaks on ObamaCare.

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Medicare For The Clueless: The Complete Guide to This Federal Program (Clueless Guides) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is of little use because it was published before several major changes to the Medicare program, most notably the introduction of Part D, the prescription drug benefit.

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Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions: Get the Most of Your Retirement and Medical Benefits Review

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(More customer reviews)Get notified of updates at www.nolo.com/legalupdater. Check www.nolo.com/update to find recent changes in the law that affects the information in this book. Customer service support is available at 800-728-3555.
Here are some of the benefits covered in this book:
Veterans benefits - free or low cost medical care
Social Security - retirement & disability benefits
Supplemental Security Income
Federal Civil Service Retirement Benefits
How to navigate the bureaucracy
Reduce your health care costs
Prescription drug discount cards


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Everyone wants to get the most out of their retirement benefits -- not to mention the best medical coverage and prescription drug benefits!Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions clearly explains what the different benefits are, and shows you how to claim what you've earned, including:*Social Security retirement and disability benefits*Social Security dependents and survivor benefits*Supplemental Security Income*federal, state and local government pensions*Medicare and Medicaid*Medigap managed care plans*veterans benefits*prescription drug coverageCompletely updated to provide the latest information and changes in benefits, this plain-English book is a must-have for anyone who is retired or about to be.

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Reforming Medicare: Options, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities (Century Foundation Books (Brookings Hardcover)) Review

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(More customer reviews)Henry Aaron and Jeanne Lambrew are two of the nation's leading experts on health policy. President Obama has named Lambrew Deputy Director of the new White House Office of Health Reform. Together Aaron and Lambrew have written an informative and accessible overview of the issues facing Medicare--the federal program that provides health coverage for older Americans and persons with disabilities. Their analysis is commendably free of the rhetoric of crisis that too often infuses discussions of the topic. They point out that Medicare's cost growth has roughly paralleled that of private health spending and that systemic reforms in the U.S. health care system would do far more to control Medicare spending than any reform in the program alone.
Medicare nevertheless confronts major long-run financial challenges and leaves gaps in benefit protection. Aaron and Lambrew explain and analyze three distinct approaches for restructuring Medicare to deal with these challenges--an improved government-run social insurance program, competing private insurance plans with government premium support, or high-deductible insurance policies coupled with health savings accounts. Their analysis is extremely well balanced and will not fully satisfy die-hard advocates of any of the approaches. My only reservation is that the options are highly stylized, whereas the most likely outcome will feature a mixture of public and private plans competing on a relatively level playing field. Overall, however, the authors have succeeded in their goal of providing a clear, even-handed guide to the debate over Medicare reform.

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Everyone agrees on the need to reform Medicare but not on how to do it. Some argue the program is too comprehensive, others that it is not comprehensive enough. Some suggest it pays too much for health care, others, too little. Meanwhile, the financial stakes continue to mount. Medicare spending exceeded $400 billion in 2007, making it more expensive than the entire health systems of most other nations, as well as the largest national public program other than Social Security and national defense.In Reforming Medicare, Henry J. Aaron and Jeanne M. Lambrew deftly guide readers through this complex debate. They identify and analyze the three leading approaches to reform. Updated social insurance would retain the current system while rationalizing coverage and reducing bureaucracy. Premium support would replace the current system with a capped, per-person payment that beneficiaries could use to buy health insurance. Consumer-directed Medicare would have beneficiaries pay for care up to a high deductible from government- supported savings accounts and offer premium-support coverage above the deductible. In addition to rating each option on its ability to promote access to health care, improve the quality of care, and control costs, the authors evaluate each reform s political strengths and weaknesses.Given the heat generated by the Medicare debate, it is unlikely that any single approach will be implemented in full. Consequently, Aaron and Lambrew describe incremental strategies that blend elements of each plan. Their analysis provides essential insight into the types of hybrid policies that Congress will consider in coming years.

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