Uninsured in America : life and death in the land of opportunity

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Sered, Susan Starr

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"Uninsured in America goes beyond the headlines to understand the experiences of the more than 40 million Americans who are without health insurance. The vivid and moving stories told in the book d...

"Uninsured in America goes beyond the headlines to understand the experiences of the more than 40 million Americans who are without health insurance. The vivid and moving stories told in the book demonstrate that the current structure of our health care system brings us all potentially one illness, one family crisis, one pink slip away from sliding into a lethal vortex of ill health, medical debt, and marginal employability.

Based on interviews with 120 uninsured men and women and with dozens of medical providers, policy makers, and advocates from around the nation, this book shows that all too often, the consequences of being uninsured involve unnecessary deaths, untreated disease, slipshod care for chronic illness, medical debt and bankruptcy, and the need to resort to alcohol in lieu of effective medical management of pain."--Jacket.

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