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English
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The ultimate resource for understanding and navigating the Affordable Care Act. Katz uses simple and easy-to-follow language in answering the important questions about the ACA, and shows you how to get the most out of your healthcare plan without having to sacrifice your needs or empty your pockets.
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English
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"America's Bitter Pill is Steven Brill's much-anticipated, sweeping narrative of how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing--and failing to change--the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry. Brill probed the depths of our nation's healthcare crisis in his trailblazing Time magazine Special Report, which won the 2014 National Magazine Award for Public Interest. Now...
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A report on the failures of America's medical system is told through the experiences of its victims, from a worker whose wife died from cancer after his employer stopped providing insurance, to a disabled infant's mother who fought to get therapy coverage.
4) Health care
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Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Medical science has made amazing advances in recent years. New treatments for diseases and advances in genetics have made it possible for Americans to live longer, healthier lives. However, these medical advances have been accompanied by a huge increase in the cost of healthcare, which has made it unaffordable to many Americans. This book explores major issues in health care today, including the pros and cons of the single-payer health care system,...
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English
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In a gripping, behind-the-scenes look filled with drama, miracles, heartbreak, humor and unsung heroism, an award-winning journalist chronicles a year in the lives of four real-life hospital nurses, in a book that doubles as a shocking, unedited examination of our healthcare system.
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3
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English
Description
Relates the experiences of World War II Army nurses, who brought medical skills, courage, and cheer to hospitals throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific.
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Offers an exposé of America's health-care system, profiling the hospitals, doctors, and patients that have become trapped by the system, while the HMOs, pharmaceutical companies, and nursing home operators are reaping enormous profits.
12) The slippery slope of healthcare: why bad things happen to healthy patients and how to avoid them
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Steven Kussin, physician and a pioneer in the Shared Decision movement, takes readers through the steps of how to avoid the many pitfalls of unnecessary and sometimes even dangerous medical care." --
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A doctor and a leading thinker in healthcare reform describes what he believes medical care will look like in the future and outlines the 12 key practices required for physicians, doctor offices and hospitals to evolve and provide excellent patient care. --
16) Health care
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Series
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Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Examines the issues surrounding health care and provides an overview of the topic.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Five capitalist democracies around the world - Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, Great Britain, and Germany - all have health care systems that provide health care for everyone. They have higher life expectancies, lower infant mortality rates, and spend less money than the U.S. for health care. At any given time, at least 45 million Americans do not have health insurance. What lessons can the U.S. learn about health care from other countries? In this video...
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the American nurses trapped in the Philippines by the attack on Pearl Harbor describes the harrowing conditions under which they treated soldiers before being captured and forced to endure starvation and disease for three years.
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Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
What's Wrong? is author, illustrator, and scientific researcher Erin Williams's graphic exploration of how the American health-care system fails us. Focusing on four raw and complex firsthand accounts, plus Williams's own story, this book examines the consequences of living with interconnected illnesses and conditions like: immunodeficiency; cancer; endometriosis; alcoholism; severe depression; PTSD. Western medicine, which intends to cure illness...
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