Abdul El-Sayed (Former Health Director, Former Health Director, Cit, Micah Johnson (Resident Physician, Resident Physician, Brigham and

Broschiertes Buch

Medicare for All

A Citizen's Guide

Beschreibung

A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waiting After languishing for decades on the fringes of political discussion, Medicare-for-All has quickly entered the mainstream debate over what to do about America's persistent healthcare problems. But for most informed Americans, this surge of public and political interest in Medicare-for-All has outpaced a strong understanding of the issues involved. This book seeks to fill this gap in our national discourse, offering an expert analysis of the policy and politics behind Medicare-for-All for the informed American.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 160mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780197678183
• ISBN-10: 0197678181
• Artikelnr.: 67780603