Booklist: Getting It Done, by Senator Tom Daschle with David Nather

New feature - I'm going to create a booklist, of books written on both sides of the aisle, covering each issue from the Democrat side and the Republican side. How do the sides differ, as expressed in these books? I'll post these on Saturdays and Sundays.

First up, the Democrat version of the Health Care Reform bill.


Booklist: Getting It Done, by Senator Tom Daschle with David Nather

Description
The evolution of health care reform was drawn out, frutrating and complicated, but Senator Tom Daschle is the ideal person to recount the process. His account will guide you through the entire story, from the earliest presidential campaign debates-and his firsthand experiences on the Obama team-through the battles on Capitol Hill to solve our most serious health care problems. Not simply a book about policy, Daschle's narrative describes in vivid detail how fragile the support in Congress was every step of the way, as well as frantic efforts to design a rescue strategy before time ran out.

Combining his insights as a health care expert and his political expertise,, this is the inside story about how the new legislation came together: from the persistence of President Obama to the subsequent efforts-and counterefforts-within the Senate and the House. In Daschle's hands, this becomes a dramatic personal story and a remarkable lesson in politics at the highest level.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1. The Stakes
1. The Great Divide
2. "Let Me Tell You What You Want to Hear"
3. The Cost Problem
4. The Quality Problem
5. The Access Problem
6. Our Health Care Pyramid
7. Keeping What People Like
8. Lessons From Other Countries

Part 2: The Plan
1. The Phone Call
2. The Making of the Obama Plan
3. The Primaries
4. The Stakeholders
5. Obama vs McCain
6. Preparing the Road Map
7. Opening the Doors
8. Health Care vs the Economy
9. Meltdown

Part 3: No Margin for Error
1. The White HouseStrategy
2. The Senate
3. The House
4. Holding Down Costs
5. Improving Quality
6. Reaching (Nearly) Everyone
7. The Public Option
8. Paying For It
9. One Bipartisan Solution
10. Roadblocks
11. August
12. Breakthrough
13. Sixty Votes
14. The Rsecue Plan
15. The Final Push

Part 4: The Road from Here
1. How Close Did We Come?
2. Laying the Groundwork: 2010-13
3. A New Era: 2014-18
4. New Responsibilities
5. Next Steps
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index