Overview
In this extended essay, Nortin M. Hadler and Stephen P. Carter introduce a new approach to reforming the American health-care system-a plan they call the Universal Workers' Compensation Model (UWCM). Drawing on Hadler's expertise as a physician and Carter's as an attorney, the two have conceived the UWCM as a state-level alternative that would supersede current solutions debated at the national level. They begin by summarizing the history and present complexity and irrationality of America's health-insurance system. They then lay out the key concepts underlying the UWCM regime and the practical policy steps necessary to enact it. At the heart of the UWCM is a broader understanding of what constitutes worker's health, one grounded in scientific research and cognizant of the wide range of physical and mental illnesses that can afflict workers. The UWCM stipulates a single policy providing rational and reasoned recourse for universal risks: illness, injury, disability, and death. Presenting their ideas with precision in this 34-page pamphlet, Hadler and Carter intend to spark discussion among health-care providers, insurers, legislators, and everyday citizens about how we might move beyond the limits of the current debate toward new, truly effective solutions.
Full Product Details
Author: Nortin M. Hadler ,
Stephen P. Carter
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.525kg
ISBN: 9781469650968
ISBN 10: 1469650967
Pages: 34
Publication Date: 30 May 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The authors offer an alternative approach [to insurance programs], the Universal Workers' Compensation Model (UWCM), which is both appealing and potentially revolutionary if successfully adopted. . . . I believe its altruistic, ethical, and logical premise is what is needed.--Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
The authors offer an alternative approach [to insurance programs], the Universal Workers' Compensation Model (UWCM), which is both appealing and potentially revolutionary if successfully adopted. . . . I believe its altruistic, ethical, and logical premise is what is needed.""--Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Author Information
Nortin M. Hadler, M.D., M.A.C.P., M.A.C.R., F.A.C.O.E.M., is professor emeritus of medicine and microbiology/immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attending rheumatologist at UNC Hospitals. He is author of several books, including Stabbed in the Back: Confronting Back Pain in an Overtreated Society and Rethinking Aging: Growing Old and Living Well in an Overtreated Society. Stephen P. Carter is an attorney in Arkansas.
