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Cured! The Insider's Handbook for Health Care Reform    by Stephen Hyde
Price: $9.99 USD. 141880 words. Published by HobNob Publishing on June 12, 2009. .

Veteran health care insider Stephen S. S. Hyde explains how America’s health care crisis is the result of a market failure magnified over 7 decades by the well-meaning but misguided actions of government and employers. Hyde's provocative cure - detailed here - plans for regulated consumer markets to deliver affordable health insurance and high quality health care for everyone.
The Dying Light    by Toni Edge
Price: $0.99 USD. 44910 words. Published on March 31, 2011. .

67 year old Agnes Tal is unwilling to give up her independence to appease her son, Peter Tal's, concern for her daily safety. After her ability to care for her affairs is questioned, Peter temporarily relocates Agnes to an "Elder Transitioning home”. Agnes must find a way to escape his misguided good intentions,as well as combat a society that believes warehousing the elderly is a viable option.
Congressional Dysfunction    by Paul Adams
Price: $7.99 USD. 34200 words. Published on July 30, 2011. .

An analysis of why the 21st Century Congress represents the worst nightmares of the Founding Fathers. Examines the Ensign & Weiner scandals, excessive Congressional pay and benefits and fundamental legislative incompetence. Explains how ‘safe’ districts produce weaker candidates, marginalizes moderates and creates the nest of partisan vipers that infect Capitol Hill.
A Blueprint for Prosperity: Market-based Alternatives to the Obama Blueprint for Change    by Robert Donovan
Price: $4.95 USD. 76040 words. Published on November 18, 2011. .

The U.S. Budget Deficit and national debt are skyrocketing. The income tax system is incomprehensible, oppressive, unfair, and broken beyond all repair. Social Security, healthcare and welfare entitlement costs are out of control and threatening bankruptcy. The U.S has problems, but none of them are insoluble. This book outlines inexpensive, free-market solutions to all of these problems.
Makers of the Environment : Building Resilience Into Our World, One Model at a Time.    by Finith Jernigan
Price: $9.99 USD. 120340 words. Published on December 22, 2011. .

Makers of the Environment merges storytelling with everyday reality to offer a moment where we can rethink our expectations to understand how technology can and should be used to improve our world. The book makes the extraordinary ordinary, offering a vision on how society can take advantage of new and emerging technology to create a better, more sustainable world for our children.
Healthcare Freedom Revolution: Exposing the Lies, Deceit and Greed of the Medical Profession    by Dr. Michelle Kmiec
Price: $11.99 USD. 82620 words. Published on February 27, 2012. .

After being desperately sick ten years ago, the medical profession offered her nothing but prescription drugs and outrageous “healthcare” bills. Not willing to accept that as her faith, if she was to be healthy again, she decided she would have to look for the answers herself. That’s when her amazing journey began. A must read!
Power To The Patient: The Medical Strategist    by Barbara Hales
Price: $7.99 USD. 48860 words. Published on March 12, 2012. .

Emerging from the ashes is the newly acquired ability for patients to choose their own treatment and head their own medical team. As we come to a crossroad in our approach to treatments in healthcare, this book provides an antidote to the confusion and stress that lie ahead. You will discover new ways to enable yourself to take control of your health.
It's The Incentives, Stupid!    by Francois de Brantes
Price: Free! 23690 words. Published on October 18, 2012. .

Healthcare is plagued by many things, but none is worse than the incentives that drive physician, hospital and patient behaviors. This book is a compilation of 18 months of reflections on those incentives and offers some solutions to the problems at hand.
The Incentive Cure    by Francois de Brantes
Price: $0.99 USD. 26570 words. Published on January 3, 2013. .

Health care in the US needs a cure, and this book provides one that can be implemented today and tomorrow. It's all about fixing the incentives that currently encourage doctors, nurses, hospitals and others to be bad instead of being what they want to be -- good. It's a call to action for a new national project: delivering an effective and lasting cure to the American health care system.
The Wellness Club: A Journey to Health Beyond Healthcare    by David G. Adamson
Price: $4.99 USD. 65110 words. Published on April 23, 2013. .

A true story of healthcare workers who discovered how to live a healthier life. Though blame falls to corporations and government for a health crisis, they saw their choices played a role too, and explored how to change themselves. Some of their stories are funny, some sad. Lots of cutting edge info, some controversial, on exercise, nutrition, stress reduction, and change management.