Howard Dean's prescription for real healthcare reform : how we can achieve affordable medical care for every American and make our jobs safer / Howard Dean ; with Igor Volsky and Faiz Shakir.

Includes index.

The trouble with private health insurance -- Healthcare reform is business reform -- Our responsibility -- The starter pack : fundamental elements of healthcare reform -- President Obama's healthcare plan -- Reform without a public health insurance option is not real reform -- How to control costs -- How to pay for all this -- Why is this so hard to pass? -- The black hats : special interests and other opposition -- Healthcare reform is not a new idea -- How do other countries do it? -- Eleven myths -- Know the bottom line -- Meet your neighbors : you may be one of them -- What you can do for your neighbors, your country, and yourself.

Examines the current healthcare crisis in the United States and sets forth changes that will reduce spending, eliminate waste, and provide affordable coverage to all Americans.