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Zusatztext "A masterpiece and a valuable primer for future presidents as they wrestle with the dragon of health reform." Informationen zum Autor David Blumenthal was until recently the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Policy at Harvard Medical School and a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has advised Democratic presidential candidates from Michael Dukakis to Barack Obama! and now works on health issues for the Obama Administration. James A. Morone is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Brown University and the author of Hellfire Nation and The Democratic Wish! a New York Times Notable Book and winner of the Gladys Kammerer Award of the American Political Science Association. Klappentext "David Blumenthal and James Morone break new ground in our understanding of health policymaking in the White House! notably the tie between presidential policy actions and the personal medical problems that have faced each of our Presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Once again! the nation faces the urgent need for health reform! and Heart of Power is essential reading for anyone who cares about improving our health care system to meet the challenges of the 21st century."-Senator Edward M. Kennedy "A fascinating story of personalities! politics! and pratfalls of the presidents in their shaping of American healthcare. Written with deep insight and fluid prose! this unique contribution from a physician and an historian is a must read for all who wish to understand how we arrived at our current system and what is needed to advance it."-Jerome Groopman! M.D.! author of How Doctors Think "A revelation! This creative and compulsively readable book offers a genuinely new approach to the problem of leadership in large causes. Instructive in many ways! The Heart of Power is a moving testament to the power of the heart! in high places."-David Hackett Fischer! Brandeis University Zusammenfassung Explores the hidden ways in which presidents shape our destinies through their own experiences. Taking a close look at Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, this title shows what history can teach us as we confront the health care challenges of the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the 2010 Edition 2009 Preface and Acknowledgments introduction 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt The Enigmatic Angler 2. Harry S. Truman We’ll Take the Starch Out of Them—Eventually 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower Compassionate Conservative 4. John F. Kennedy The Charismatic with a Stricken Father 5. Lyndon B. Johnson The Secret History of Medicare 6. Richard Nixon A Flower That Bloomed Only in the Dark 7. Jimmy Carter The Righteous Engineer 8. Ronald Reagan Socialized Medicine and the Working Stiff 9. George Herbert Walker Bush Stick to the Running Game 10. Bill Clinton Kicking the Can Down the Road 11. George W. Bush Bring It On—Reforming Medicare Conclusion Eight Rules for the Heart of Power Notes Index ...
