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Brill, who has spent years investigating the healthcare industry and the creation of the affordable care act, said obamacare has made healthcare more accessible for. Money, politics, backroom deals, and the fight to fix our broken healthcare system kindle edition by brill, steven. Americas bitter pill is steven brills acclaimed book on how the affordable care. In less than a week since its release, steven brills americas bitter pill has made headlines across the web. Literature, advocacy, care, karen laura thornber analyzes how narratives from diverse communities globally engage with a broad variety of diseases and other serious health conditions and advocate for empathic, compassionate, and respectful care that facilitates healing and enables wellbeing.
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