Sick

the untold story of America's health care crisis--and the people who pay the price

By Cohn, Jonathan

Publishers Summary:
The failure of America's medical system, as seen through the stories of the people who engineered the current health care revolution and those who have suffered from it. Every day, millions of Americans find themselves struggling to find affordable medical care for themselves and their families. It is a problem unique to the United States, the only country in the developed world that does not guarantee access to medical care as a right of citizenship. It is also a problem that is about to get worse. The American health insurance system, first created in the 1930s, is collapsing. Unless somebody decides to build a new system in its place, millions more Americans will suffer. Combining the real-life stories of ordinary people across the country with original reporting from Washington, this book explains why this transformation is taking place--and the consequences that could someday befall all of us.--From publisher description.

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ISBN
978-0-06058-045-2
Publisher
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2007.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on March 1, 2007

As a serious discussion of universal healthcare takes place once again in the United States, Cohn (senior editor,New Republic ) offers a convincing collection of stories about people dealing with the inequities and problems in the present system. Each story is linked to a specific issue-including shrinking employer-based insurance, disappearing retiree insurance, private insuranc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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