Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response

Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response

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  • Create Date:2021-06-10 21:31:04
  • Update Date:2025-09-07
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  • Author:Andy Slavitt
  • ISBN:1250770165
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Summary

“Painfully good。 The book could have been called, ‘Outrageous。’ The story Andy Slavitt tells is not just about Trump’s monumental failures but also about the deeper ones that started long before, with our health system, our politics, and more。” --Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal

The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the U。S。 Coronavirus crisis from one of the
most recognizable and influential voices in healthcare

From former head of Obamacare Andy Slavitt, Preventable is the definitive inside account of the United States' failed response to the Coronavirus pandemic。 Slavitt chronicles what he saw and how much could have been prevented -- an unflinching investigation of the cultural, political, and economic drivers that led to unnecessary loss of life。

With unparalleled access to the key players throughout the government on both sides of the aisle, the principal public figures, as well as the people working on the frontline involved in fighting the virus, Slavitt brings you into the room as fateful decisions are made and focuses on the people at the center of the political system, health care system, patients, and caregivers。 The story that emerges is one of a country in which -- despite the heroics of many -- bad leadership, political and cultural fractures, and an unwillingness to sustain sacrifice light a fuse that is difficult to extinguish。

Written in the tradition of The Big ShortPreventable continues Andy Slavitt’s important work of addressing the uncomfortable realities that brought America to this place。 And, he puts forth the solutions that will prevent us from being here again, ensuring a better, stronger country for everyone。

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Crystal P

Andy Slavitt accounts his experience as a former President Obama administration staffer, helping with the rollout of the Affordable Healthcare plan, to the turnover to the new administration, and then jumps quickly to early 2020。 I was unsure about reading this book considering that the events described within are so fresh in my mind and still currently happening。 However, once I started to read, it was difficult to put down - even if it was making me quite angry, but no more so than I already h Andy Slavitt accounts his experience as a former President Obama administration staffer, helping with the rollout of the Affordable Healthcare plan, to the turnover to the new administration, and then jumps quickly to early 2020。 I was unsure about reading this book considering that the events described within are so fresh in my mind and still currently happening。 However, once I started to read, it was difficult to put down - even if it was making me quite angry, but no more so than I already had been watching as decisions were rolled out since March 2020。 Slavitt's accounts, experiences, and knowledge in this book allowed me have faith that there are people with a good head on their shoulders attempting to put forth knowledge and leadership to help guide most out of this active pandemic。 He covers the transition, the way that decisions were made, the reason why the American Healthcare system makes it difficult to actually serve people, and then into the transition into the President Biden Administration。 His book ends shortly before March 2021, however he has some reflection in the end of what things may look like - what they might look like now (presently writing this in June 2021)。 I definitely recommend this to be picked up to have some views of the back ground workings of many government and nonprofit entities。 Whether you lean one way or another, any who read this can get something out of it。 。。。more