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Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Single payer healthcare is not complicated: the government pays for all care for all people. It’s cheaper than our current model, and most Americans (and their doctors) already want it. So what’s the deal with our current healthcare system, and why don’t we have something better? In Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next (Melville House), Timothy Faust explains what single payer is, why we don’t yet have it, and how it can be won.

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Ezekiel J. Emanuel in Conversation With Jonathan Cohn

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Preeminent doctor and bioethicist Ezekiel J. Emanuel is repeatedly asked one question: Which country has the best healthcare? He set off to find an answer. The US spends more than any other nation, nearly $4 trillion, on healthcare. Yet, for all that expense, the US is not ranked #1 — not even close. In Which Country Has the World’s Best Healthcare? (PublicAffairs), Emanuel profiles 11 of the world's healthcare systems in pursuit of the best — or at least where excellence can be found. Using a unique comparative structure, the book allows healthcare professionals, patients, and policymakers alike to know which systems perform well, and why, and which face endemic problems. From Taiwan to Germany, Australia to Switzerland, the most inventive healthcare providers tackle a…

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