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Photographs, illustrations, and text show how our present health care system evolved and what is now available to American citizens. Various proposals for reform are considered.

Discusses the ethical issues surrounding the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of the testing, marketing, and sale of drugs in the United States.

Examines the invention and reinvention of universal health care in the United States, examining a wide range of proposals for all-encompassing health reform since the twentieth century and explaining why they have failed.

Uses the stories of some of the more than forty million Americans who are without health insurance to demonstrate the failures of the current health care system, and offers possible solutions to remedy the problem.

Presents a summary of the health care legislation signed into law by President Obama in the spring of 2010, discusses its impact on affected people, and provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the legislation came together.