— from Emily Reed Geyman —
John Geyman, M.D. of Friday Harbor has published The Human Face of ObamaCare: Promises vs. Reality and What Comes Next.
The human face of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) is shown as the stories of real patients and their families best illustrate continuing problems of our health care system. The ACA has helped many millions since its enactment in 2010 but has fallen far short of what is needed to improve access, affordability and quality of U.S. health care.
This book takes a comprehensive, non-partisan,objective look at the ACA. The big question now is: “What next?”
An evidence-based approach is presented to assess three major alternatives for further health care reform: (1) continuation of the ACA with improvements as needed, (2) Republican proposals for its repeal and/or replacement, and (3) single-payer national health insurance (NHI).
The book is available at Darvill’s Bookstore and a copy is at the Orcas Library.
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