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	Medicare Basics: An askjina.com short report	by Jina Oravetz Dec. 02, 2011	$2.99	1424 words	Sample 5%
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	Obamacare Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) - 2011 Appeals Court Ruling Against the Individual Health Insurance Mandate, Plus Coverage of the Act and Implementation	by Progressive Management Aug. 12, 2011	$7.99	135928 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Progressive Management: For over a quarter of a century, our news, educational, technical, scientific, and medical publications have made unique and valuable references accessible to all people. Our imprints include PM Medical Health News, Advanced Professional Education and News Service, Auto Racing Analysis, and World Spaceflight News. Many of our publications synthesize official information with original material. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work to uniformly present authoritative knowledge that can be rapidly read, reviewed or searched. Vast archives of important data that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. The e-book format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference book that is as convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from renowned experts you trust. Our e-books put knowledge at your fingertips, and an expert in your pocket!
	Essential Travel Health Tips for Cruise Ship Trips - how to choose your travel agent	by Christoph Lombard July 22, 2011	Free!	4820 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I'm a travelling medical doctor - the world is my oister. Through my travels, I've amassed an armamentarium of tricks and tips to make any traveller's life easier. After all, travelling should be fun!
	Medicare 101	by Joe Clark May 26, 2011	$9.99	34858 words	Sample 6%
	Author bio: I spent my first 30 year career as an investigator, first with the State Troopers and then as a Private Investigator. After retiring I obtained an insurance license and sold some health insurance. When I turned 65 I was astounded to find how complicated and deceiving Medicare is. I set my cap to become an expert in Medicare and now have written my 2nd book to help those entering Medicare avoid costly and permanent mistakes.
	The Patient's Guide to Getting the Best Medical Care at the Best Possible Price: What the Uninsured or Underinsured Self-Paying Patient Needs to Know and Do Before Getting Medical Care	by Jay Williamson May 11, 2011	$9.95	9746 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: As a writer, consultant and patient advocate, Jay B. Williamson's mission is providing tools to simplify complicated aspects of the American healthcare system. This interest developed while working at a Fortune 100 healthcare company. He holds an advanced degree in government with a focus on healthcare politics and policy from the Johns Hopkins University and lives in the Baltimore, Maryland area.
	Passing Obamacare	by Glenn Morton May 04, 2011	$9.99	23389 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Hello fellow Americans! My name is Glenn, and I own a company called Taylor, Levi, and Associates. It's an employee benefits brokerage in Maryland. As an insurance broker, I became very interested in promoting the benefits of federal health reform. I have seen the effects of high premiums first hand, and wanted positive change in this important area. As I became more familiar with the contents of the law, I realized how harmful some of the effects would be, and I had a change of heart. ObamaCare is more destructive to our incomes than is being reported to the public and, if you knew what I know, you would do what you could to get it changed for the better. The way to change it is to offer a better alternative. Staying the same isn't good. The better alternative...one that strikes an agreeable middle ground...is in the pages of "Passing Obamacare". It is our responsibility, as Americans and as a wage earners, to use our voice, and our vote, to make our country better. It isn't going to happen without us. Writing this book is my attempt to add my voice, and to do something to protect our future financial capabilities. This is not about idealogy...it's about money. Thank you for reading, for purchasing the book (if I'm so blessed), and for learning. Glenn Troy Morton Author
	Appeal and Collection Letters For Medical Providers	by Linda Meckler Jan. 21, 2011	$5.00	2496 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I am an author and public speaker. I have 2 self-published books. Ghost Kids Trilogy for ages 8 to adult. 2 real kids and 2 Ghost Kids Team up for adventures and mysteries ending with the hunt for Pirates Treasure. The next book is, Fight Your Medical Insurance Nightmares!! Let me show you how. For all consumers to get their bills paid. Sample appeal letters, explains how insurance works, coding, medical insurance terminology. But the best part of being a writer today is just because you have a published book you do not have to stop writing. Now you can writer and finish your books which have been in your computer for years and upload them on to this websites and others like it. It is a writers market now. I love it.
	A Prescription for Health Care Reform	by Donald Condit Jan. 16, 2011	Free!	16145 words	Read a sample
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	2011 Government Benefits and Obamacare: Grants for Individuals, Organizations, Businesses, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reference Guides, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act	by Progressive Management Nov. 30, 2010	$10.99	357675 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Progressive Management: For over a quarter of a century, our news, educational, technical, scientific, and medical publications have made unique and valuable references accessible to all people. Our imprints include PM Medical Health News, Advanced Professional Education and News Service, Auto Racing Analysis, and World Spaceflight News. Many of our publications synthesize official information with original material. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work to uniformly present authoritative knowledge that can be rapidly read, reviewed or searched. Vast archives of important data that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. The e-book format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference book that is as convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from renowned experts you trust. Our e-books put knowledge at your fingertips, and an expert in your pocket!
	Ultimate Guide to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) - Understanding Obamacare and Your Health Care Insurance Options, New Plans, Programs, Bill of Rights	by Progressive Management Nov. 30, 2010	$9.99	254643 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Progressive Management: For over a quarter of a century, our news, educational, technical, scientific, and medical publications have made unique and valuable references accessible to all people. Our imprints include PM Medical Health News, Advanced Professional Education and News Service, Auto Racing Analysis, and World Spaceflight News. Many of our publications synthesize official information with original material. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work to uniformly present authoritative knowledge that can be rapidly read, reviewed or searched. Vast archives of important data that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. The e-book format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference book that is as convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from renowned experts you trust. Our e-books put knowledge at your fingertips, and an expert in your pocket!
	The Healthcare Survival Guide: Cost-Saving Options for the Suddenly Unemployed and Anyone Else Who Wants to Save Money	by Martin Rosen Oct. 13, 2010	$2.95	11856 words	Sample 20%
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	The Conscious Finance Guide to Health Care Reform and Your Financial Health	by Rick Kahler Oct. 12, 2010	$2.99	9221 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Rick Kahler, CFP, a fee-only financial planner and president of Kahler Financial Group, is a nationally known speaker and educator. He is a pioneer in financial planning that addresses clients' emotional issues around money. Kathleen Fox is an editor, humor writer, and speaker. Despite her English major, she has never held a job where she had to ask, "Would you like fries with that?"
	From A Madman Only: A Rant and Modest Proposal on Health Care	by Max G. Bernard March 17, 2010	$0.99	2089 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Max G. Bernard is the pen name of a writer with around 45 years of writing, editing, publishing, and journalism experience. He wrote for student, "underground," and radical newspapers in the 60's and 70's. He lives in the Midwestern region of Woodstock Nation, and is residing in the 1960's until something better comes along. He is involved in writing science fiction, mysteries, weird cross genre stories, and semi-autobiographical pieces. A fan of Bob Dylan's music, Alfred Hitchcock's movies, and Philip K. Dick's science fiction, he is married, with two children, and a dog. He is a fervent opponent of DRM (digital rights management) in publishing. He agrees with Tom Robbins that it is "never too late to have a happy childhood," and with the spirit of the statement, "Be realistic, demand the impossible."
	Healthcare Reform Checklist	by Sam Vaknin Jan. 03, 2010	Free!	19177 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Sam Vaknin ( http://samvak.tripod.com ) is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East as well as many other books and ebooks about topics in psychology, relationships, philosophy, economics, and international affairs. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Global Politician, PopMatters, eBookWeb , and Bellaonline, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He was the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101.
	Cured! The Insider's Handbook for Health Care Reform	by Stephen Hyde June 12, 2009	$9.99	141888 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: STEPHEN HYDE is the author of "Cured! The Insider's Handbook for Health Care Reform" (HobNob, 2009) and "Prescription Drugs for Half Price or Less" (Bantam-Dell, 2006). The former federal chief HMO financial regulator and a certified actuary, Hyde started and grew Peak Health Care, Inc., into a highly successful public managed-care company, recognized by Business Week as one of “America’s Best Small Companies.” He has extensive experience in managed-care operations and strategy, health insurance, managed-care regulation, consumer-driven health care, pharmacy benefits, disease management, medical information technology, medical group management, medical network and PPO operations, health benefit design and pricing, health insurance underwriting, community rating, and health service product development and marketing. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in financial administration “with high honor” from Michigan State University. He currently lives in Colorado Springs where he is CEO of Hyde Rx Services Corp., a health care management consultancy. He may be contacted at sshyde@q.com and welcomes your compliments and criticisms, preferably in Pareto proportions.