| It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans Library Edition Contributor(s): Shulkin, David (Author), May, Daniel (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1549128868 ISBN-13: 9781549128868 Publisher: Public Affairs OUR PRICE: $69.29 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - National - Medical | Health Policy - History | Military - Veterans |
| Themes: - Locality - Washington, D.C. - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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| Publisher Description: The former VA secretary describes his fight to save health care from politics and money-and how it was ultimately derailed by a small group of unelected officials with influence in the Trump White House. Known in health care circles for his ability to fix ailing hospitals, Dr. David Shulkin was originally brought into government by President Obama, in an attempt to save the broken Department of Veterans Affairs. When President Trump made him VA secretary, Dr. Shulkin was as shocked as anyone.Yet this surprise was trivial compared to what Shulkin encountered as the VA secretary: a team of political appointees devoted to stopping anyone -- including the secretary himself -- who stood in the way of privatizing the organization and implementing their agenda. In this uninhibited memoir, Shulkin opens up about why the government has long struggled to get good medical care to military veterans and the plan he had for how to address these problems. This is a book about the commitment we make to the people who risk their lives for our country, how and why we've failed to honor it, and why the new administration may be taking us in the wrong direction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shulkin, David: - The Honorable David Shulkin, MD, joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2015. He was the only Obama holdover who served in the Cabinet within the Trump administration and the only one unanimously confirmed by the Senate. He is the Distinguished Health Policy Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, practices internal medicine in New York City, and still advocates on behalf of veterans. |