Brill, Steven

"[A] narrative of how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and ... how it is changing--and failing to change--the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry."--Dust jacket.

The author compiled over 300 interviews for these vignettes about the ripples of the Sept. 11 attacks. Customs officers, New York merchants, WTC widows, air marshal trainees, ACLU staff, and many others speak about how the terror attacks affected them.

Discusses the Teamsters union through profiles of nine men who have been associated with the union in various ways.

Discusses the key players in America's quest for education reform, examining the roles and ideas of the White House, teachers' unions, public school parents, Ivy League idealists, civil rights activists, and other individuals, and offers advice based on solutions from both sides.