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Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide de Abdul El-Sayed

Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide

Autor Abdul El-Sayed, Micah Johnson Cuvânt înainte de Bernie Sanders, Pramila Jayapal
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 apr 2021

Recomandăm Medicare for All ca pe o resursă clinică de analiză a politicilor publice, semnată de Abdul El-Sayed și Micah Johnson, medici cu experiență vastă în sănătate publică și management clinic. Această lucrare, publicată sub egida Oxford University Press, beneficiază de prefețe semnate de Bernie Sanders și Pramila Jayapal, oferind o perspectivă autoritară asupra uneia dintre cele mai complexe provocări ale sistemului medical american modern.

Ne-a atras atenția rigoarea cu care autorii dezmembrează mecanismele financiare actuale, unde 19% din economia americană este absorbită de un sistem de sănătate adesea ineficient. Găsim în această carte nu doar un manifest politic, ci un ghid tehnic care explorează cum ar putea funcționa practic un sistem universal, dincolo de lozinci. Textul analizează metodic provocările logistice, calitatea îngrijirii și sustenabilitatea economică, oferind răspunsuri concrete la întrebări despre accesibilitate și costuri. Pe linia clinică a lucrării The Case for Medicare for All de Gerald Friedman, dar cu un accent sporit pe implementarea practică și pe experiența directă a pacientului și a furnizorului de servicii medicale, volumul reușește să traducă politici complexe în termeni accesibili cetățeanului.

Structura narativă este una logică, ritmul fiind susținut de date statistice și analize de impact. Este o lectură esențială pentru cei care doresc să înțeleagă arhitectura sistemelor de sănătate și modul în care o reformă structurală poate influența practica medicală cotidiană. Autorii nu evită punctele critice, abordând capcanele potențiale și perspectivele politice cu o precizie chirurgicală, transformând acest „ghid al cetățeanului” într-un instrument de referință pentru studiul politicilor de sănătate publică.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780190056629
ISBN-10: 0190056622
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 150 x 211 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este indispensabilă pentru profesioniștii din domeniul sănătății publice și pentru cititorii interesați de reforma sistemelor medicale. Veți câștiga o înțelegere profundă a mecanismelor de finanțare și a modului în care Medicare for All ar putea transforma accesul la îngrijire. Este un motiv concret de a explora soluții tehnice pentru o problemă ce afectează calitatea vieții la nivel global.

Despre autor

Abdul El-Sayed este un medic american, epidemiolog și fost comisar pentru sănătate în Detroit, recunoscut pentru expertiza sa în politici de sănătate publică. Micah Johnson este medic internist, cu o activitate axată pe intersecția dintre practica clinică și reforma politicilor de sănătate. Împreună, aceștia aduc o perspectivă duală, îmbinând experiența de la patul pacientului cu rigoarea cercetării academice. Contribuția lor este completată de viziunea politică a lui Bernie Sanders, un promotor constant al accesului universal la sănătate în Statele Unite.

Descriere

A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waitingThere are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as health care--and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the health care system at some point in their lives, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy, 19 cents go to health care. What are we paying for, exactly? Health care policy is notoriously complex, but what Americans want is quite simple: good health care that's easy to use and doesn't break the bank. Polls show that as many as 70 percent of Americans want the government to provide universal health coverage to all Americans. What's less clear is how to get there. Medicare for All is the leading proposal to achieve to universal health coverage in America. But what is it exactly? How would it work? More importantly, is it practical or practicable? This book goes beyond partisan talking points to offer a serious examination of how Medicare for All would transform the way we give, receive, and pay for healthcare in America.

Recenzii

Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide is part moving narrative, part detailed policy analysis, and part practical organizing playbook.... I am grateful to Drs. El-Sayed and Johnson for speaking truth to power in this fierce book.
In this book, Drs. Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson discuss Medicare for All in clear and simple terms. They describe the reasons why the industry has opposed the policy even though it would help millions of Americans, and how everyday Americans are beginning to make Medicare for All possible.
If the American healthcare system were a patient, it would be in critical condition. Fortunately for us, Drs. El-Sayed and Johnson don their white coats to discuss the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic options in plain English. This incisive handbook is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of one of the most pressing issues of our time.
Drs. El-Sayed and Johnson have written a lucid and accessible account of why Medicare for All is the best path for universal healthcare access in the US. Stripping the arguments 'for' or 'against' of sham ideological content, they make clear that the main question is whether we believe that no one should have to face both illness and financial ruin. If you agree, read this book to make the case!
During a period when global pandemic has exposed the deadly mistake of linking healthcare to our workplace, Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide is the sweeping, clear-eyed manual for making healthcare a right that we've been waiting for.
Nurses have long understood that the major obstacle to passing Medicare for All isn't the policy, but the will to take on those who benefit from our immoral, profit-driven health care system. In this book, Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson brilliantly demonstrate how Medicare for All works, and how a combination of messaging and grassroots advocacy can overcome our opposition. A must read.
In this timely book, El-Sayed and Mr. Johnson shine a light on the people left behind by our current health care system. Regardless of your politics, their thought-provoking writing will push you to think more deeply and critically about the future of health care in America.
This book is a labor of love for the American people and the healthcare system they deserve. El-Sayed and Johnson demystify Medicare for All and defang the political talking points to offer a clear distillation of the potential of this policy, while guiding the reader through the challenges and opportunities of this moment for achieving it.
An essential primer on why we need Medicare for All, the essentials of reform, and pitfalls to avoid in crafting legislation.
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed just how unsustainable our fragmentary, privatized, and fundamentally individualistic health care system truly is. This engaging and accessible guide couldn't have come at a better time.
In this important and timely book, El Sayed and Johnson document everything you need to know about Medicare for All. This Citizen's Guide both demystifies and humanizes our broken health care system and explains why we must fight to transform it now.
This is by far the finest extended analysis I have seen to date of the next wave of public policy options for health care reform. It is breathtakingly comprehensive, thoroughly supported with research citations, lucidly written, and logical. It amounts to a major contribution to the US healthcare reform debate.
The growing debate over Medicare for All has mostly occurred at the level of soundbites and slogans, not specifics. In this essential 'Citizen's Guide,' we get the specifics: the provisions, promise, potential pitfalls of-and, yes, political prospects for-this bold vision for affordable quality care for all. Whether you support Medicare for All or just want to truly understand it, you must read this book.

Notă biografică

Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil, is a physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and progressive activist. He rebuilt Detroit's Health Department after the City's bankruptcy as the youngest big-city health commissioner in a major US city. He ran for Governor of Michigan in 2018 on a state-level single-payer platform in a bid endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, The Nation, and Current Affairs. He holds a doctorate in Public Health from University of Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a medical degree from Columbia University.Micah Johnson, MD, is a physician and a health care researcher, writer, and policy advisor. He served as a health policy fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives and has advised presidential campaigns on health care reform. He holds a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from the University of Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and he received his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is currently a resident physician in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.