A Sick System: A Vision Of Universal Health Care In America

Set in a near-future emergency department, A Sick System opens with a mother waiting to see her sick eight-year-old son, his parents' only focus being his recovery. Then comes Universal Health Care and treatment is forever changed-as are the lives of those under its thumb. This novella interacts with most of the ideas feeding the current debate: liberalism and conservatism; capitalism, socialism and communism; individual and collective identity; class envy; what it means to be human; justice and fairness; as well as security and freedom. Unlike a classroom, textbook, or political speech, A Sick System treats these issues in the real and emotional contexts of illness and death.

• | Author: Martin Mccorkle
• | Publisher: Touchpoint Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 152 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 069224865X
• | ISBN-13: 9780692248652