| Promoting Worker Health: A New Approach to Employee Benefits in the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Hadler, Nortin M. (Author), Carter, Stephen P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469650967 ISBN-13: 9781469650968 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $5.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Policy - Medical | Public Health - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 368.382 |
| LCCN: 2018275609 |
| Physical Information: 0.09" H x 6" W x 9" (0.15 lbs) 34 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carter, Stephen P.: - Stephen P. Carter is an attorney in Arkansas.Hadler, Nortin M.: - 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. |
