New Book Documents Link between Poverty and High Healthcare Costs
“Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform” Frames Need for Healthcare Policy to Grapple with Pervasive Impact of Social Determinants
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“The essential truths uncovered in Buz’s work are very clear from my own medical practice,” said
Dr. Cooper’s book was commissioned by
Healthcare Through the Lens of Poverty
Throughout the book,
His work takes both a macro and micro view, zooming in on specific cities or regions to uproot conventional policy assumptions – including those framed by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care.
One example is his use of New York City’s subway system in the first chapter. He follows the A train to map healthcare utilization and costs to changes in wealth among the populations along its route.
Based on the distribution of household incomes throughout the
According to
“…care is inefficiently and redundantly used by low-income populations, whose costs are subsidized within states and cross-subsidized among states. By failing the 50 percent of children who are born into poverty, and by tolerating the poverty into which they are born, our nation bears a burden of healthcare spending that is higher than in any other developed country.”
The Myths of Healthcare Reform
The dominant emphasis of healthcare reform over recent decades has been on eliminating perceived waste and inefficiency.
“The message that I hope the readers will take to heart is the need to take action now,” said
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