{"product_id":"end-medical-debt-curing-americas-healthcare-crisis-covid-recovery-edition-hardcover","title":"End Medical Debt: Curing America's Healthcare Crisis (Covid recovery edition) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry Ashton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert E. Goff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCraig Antico\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-END\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEDICAL DEBT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCuring America's Healthcare Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated and Expanded Covid Recovery Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJerry Ashton - Robert E. 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They explore our options for fixing the broken healthcare system producing $140 billion in unpayable medical bills\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaints the Big Picture for the causes and consequences of the current $140 billion in U.S. medical debt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers practical tools and insights for individuals and families facing the pain of unpayable medical bills.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplains the structure and financing of medical care. Lays bare how it works, and why it works that way.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExposes medical costs and debt inequities for the poor, for veterans and for the underinsured middle class.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows how early hospitals and insurance evolved to became trapped into putting profits before health.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeighs proposed national solutions from the authors' progressive, moderate and conservative viewpoints.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the balance between personal responsibility and social responsibility in generating good health. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTells the origin story of RIP Medical Debt. Gives an inside look at buying and abolishing hardship debt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe authors and publisher donate 85 percent of all revenues to RIP Medical Debt, \u003c\/em\u003e a charity using donations to buy old medical debt for pennies on the dollar and then forgive it. \u003cstrong\u003eEach book sold abolishes about $500 in hardship healthcare debt.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eEnd Medical Debt\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the best books I've read that explains how our healthcare system became a vorac-ious monster, and the steps we can take, individually and collectively, to keep it from devouring us.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWendell Potter\u003c\/strong\u003e, Center for Health and Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Covid recovery edition of \u003cem\u003eEnd Medical Debt\u003c\/em\u003e breaks down critical issues in a way that's easy to understand. \" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarlene Wust-Smith MD\u003c\/strong\u003e, Physician Outlook Magazine \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eEnd Medical Deb\u003c\/em\u003et is special because it advocates for systemic change while providing tactical solutions for Americans now facing the devastating burden of medical debt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRohan Pavluri, \u003c\/strong\u003e Upsolve\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eEnd Medical Debt\u003c\/em\u003e does more than describe the unsustainable structure of our current healthcare system. The book demonstrates what was always the solution: People helping people, voluntarily and without coercion.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErnest Hancock\u003c\/strong\u003e, FreedomsPhoenix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eEnd Medical Debt\u003c\/em\u003e is exactly what's needed to jumpstart the national discussion about our dysfunctional healthcare system, and what to do about it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoel R. Segal\u003c\/strong\u003e, Former senior assistant, U.S. Congress. 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