Medicare for All - A Citizen''s Guide

A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waiting

After languishing for decades on the fringes of political discussion, Medicare-for-All has quickly entered the mainstream debate over what to do about America's persistent healthcare problems. But for most informed Americans, this surge of public and political interest in Medicare-for-All has outpaced a strong understanding of the issues involved. This book seeks to fill this gap in our national discourse, offering an expert analysis of the policy and politics behind Medicare-for-All for the informed American.

List of contents

• Forewords by Bernie Sanders and Pramila Jayapal


• Part I: Healthcare in America


• 1. Diagnosis


• 2. How We Got Here: A History of Health Reform in America


• Part II: Policy


• 3. Medicare for All: The Fundamentals


• 4. Designing a Medicare for All Program


• 5. How to Pay for It


• 6. Medicare for All vs. Alternatives


• PART III: Politics


• 7. We the People


• 8. For and Against


• 9. Stakeholders in Flux


• 10. Organizing vs. Advertising


• 11. Parting Thoughts

About the author

Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil, is a physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and progressive activist. He rebuilt Detroit's Health Department after the City's bankruptcy as the youngest big-city health commissioner in a major US city. He ran for Governor of Michigan in 2018 on a state-level single-payer platform in a bid endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, The Nation, and Current Affairs. He holds a doctorate in Public Health from University of Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a medical degree from Columbia University.

Micah Johnson, MD, is a physician and a health care researcher, writer, and policy advisor. He served as a health policy fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives and has advised presidential campaigns on health care reform. He holds a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from the University of Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and he received his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is currently a resident physician in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Product details

• Authors: Abdul El-Sayed, Abdul (Former Health Director El-Sayed, Micah Johnson
• Assisted by: Pramila Jayapal (Foreword), Jayapal Pramila (Foreword), Bernie Sanders (Foreword), Sanders Bernie (Foreword)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9780197678183
• ISBN: 978-0-19-767818-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Public Health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, MEDICAL / Medicaid & Medicare, Personal & public health, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Personal and public health / health education