DESC: David Blumenthal, President Obama's National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and James A. Morone present a terrifically intriguing and informative study of the men who have occupied the Oval Office since FDR, examining each president's personal health issues and relating that to their stance on health care. Most Americans know about FDR's polio and LBJ's heart attack, but fewer may be aware that Richard Nixon lost two brothers to tuberculosis or that JFK had survived scarlet fever, German measles, whooping cough, and Addison's disease. From Roosevelt to George W. Bush, Blumenthal and Morone investigate how the unique health problems of each president helped dictate the direction of their years in office, paying special attention to health issues. From Eisenhower to Carter to Clinton, every president has attempted to tackle the challenge of national health care, and the authors identify the pros and cons of each plan and analyze why they all failed.