{"product_id":"death-by-regulation-9781421432144","title":"Death by Regulation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of a small healthcare startup and its fight for survival against the very federal agencies responsible for its launch as part of the ACA.   In the contentious run-up to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Congress passed a law to make nonprofit health insurance CO-OPs (formally known as Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans) a viable alternative to the public option. The idea was to create new competition in order to lower health insurance premiums and encourage innovation. Nearly two dozen such low-cost CO-OPs were launched in the wake of the ACA's passage; only four are in operation today.   In Death by Regulation, Dr. Peter L. Beilenson tells the story of a group of Maryland-based public health professionals who launched the Evergreen Health Cooperative, only to discover that the ACA law encouraging CO-OPs was a plastic planta piece of legislation created for optics but never intended to be functional. Over most of its four years of existence, Evergreen succeeded agains\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Sacramento, California, 1970 \u003cbr\u003ePart One. A CO-OP Is Launched\u003cbr\u003e1. Creating Evergreen: March 2010 to March 2013 \u003cbr\u003e2. A Rocky Start: April 2013 to March 2014 \u003cbr\u003e3. Gaining Experience: April 2014 to June 2015 \u003cbr\u003e4. The Obstacles Pile Up: Summer 2015 \u003cbr\u003e5. Improving Fortune: November 2015 to March 2016 \u003cbr\u003ePart Two. Fighting the Good Fight\u003cbr\u003e6. Evergreen Fights Back: April to June 2016 \u003cbr\u003e7. Preparing to Go to Court: June 2016\u003cbr\u003e8. Evergreen Health Cooperative v. United States of America: July 2016 \u003cbr\u003e9. The Pursuit of Investors Begins: July to October 2016 \u003cbr\u003e10. Staying Alive: October 2016 000\u003cbr\u003e11. Think Globally, Act Locally: October 2016 to January 2017 \u003cbr\u003e12. Ten Frenzied Days: January 2017 \u003cbr\u003e13. Finale: January to August 2017 \u003cbr\u003eConclusion. A Dozen Lessons Learned \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408131858775,"sku":"9781421432144","price":23.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421432144.jpg?v=1730501700","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/death-by-regulation-9781421432144","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}