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10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care
Mary O'Brien, Martha Livingston, John Conyers 

Softcover: 176 pages 
ISBN 1595583289
978-1595583284
New Press
September 2008
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As the number of uninsured Americans reaches epic numbers, here's a concise and convincing guide that explains why national health care is the only approach that makes sense.

The United States spends twice as much as other industrialized nations on health care, yet our system performs poorly in comparison and still leaves over 46 million without health coverage and millions more inadequately covered.

Imagine a health care program that is publicly funded and covers all basic medical services from doctor visits, hospitalization, and long-term care to prescription drugs, dental care, and mental health.

 

10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care offers an array of powerful arguments for why and how this could become a reality. With fact-filled chapters written by leading physicians, health care professionals, policy makers, business-people, labor organizers, and others, this book shows how a national health care system is simpler, more inclusive, saves money, is good for business, will reduce health care disparities, and is a fundamental human right. Regardless of what bias you may be entering the health care reform debate with, you owe it to yourself to read the explanations in this book for why:

  • It's good for our health

  • It costs less and saves money

  • It will assure high-quality health care for all Americans

  • It's the best choice - morally and economically

  • It may be a matter of life or death

  • It will let doctors and nurses focus on patients

  • It will reduce health care disparities

  • It will eliminate medical debt

  • It will be good for labor and for business

  • It's what most Americans want

10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care offers powerful ammunition in favor of a fundamental change to American health care—and shows how we really can develop a comprehensive national health program for the United States. With contributions from:

  • Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

  • Rose Ann DeMoro, California Nurses Association

  • Dr. Claudia Fegan, Former President, Physicians for a National Health Program

  • Dr. Oliver Fein, Weill Medical College, Cornell University

  • Leo Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers

  • Joanne Landy, NY Metro Physicians for a National Health Program

  • Dr. Leonard Rodberg, Queens College, CUNY

  • Dr. Jaime Torres, Latinos for National Health Insurance

  • Rev. James Winkler, General Board of Church and Society

  • and more

Dr. Mary O'Brien is a board-certified attending physician at Columbia University Health Services and a faculty member at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is on the Board of Directors of the New York Metro Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program and is the chair of its media committee. Dr. Martha Livingston is Associate Professor of Health and Society at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury. She is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the New York Metro chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. Both live in New York.

 

"Health care is not just another commodity. It is not a gift to be rationed based on the ability to pay." —Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

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