John Geyman is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He has spent 25 years in academic family medicine. He is Past President of Physicians for National Health Program (PNHP), and author of The Cancer Generation - Baby Boomers Facing a Perfect Storm, Do Not Resuscitate: Why the Health Insurance Industry is Dying, and How We Must Replace It. The Corrosion of Medicine: Can the Profession Reclaim its Moral Legacy?, Shredding the Social Contract: The Privatization of Medicare and Falling Through the Safety Net: Americans Without Health Insurance

The Cancer Generation
A tsunami of cancer is coming to aging baby boomers, and the health care system is not geared up to cope. We must create single-payer health care before it’s too late. In The Cancer Generation, John Geyman shows how we could save over one hundred thousand lives a year if we focused on access as well as continued development of cutting-edge therapies.

“Geyman’s literary voice arises from his unusual professional and political trajectories: from country doctor to academic department chair and prominent journal editor, and from longtime Republican to president of Physicians for a National Health Program . . . a passionate advocate and scholar.”
........................................................—The New England Journal of Medicine

1st Edition, 304 pages, Available July 1, 2009. Order now and we will ship when printed.

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Do Not Resuscitate
This book traces the evolution and track record of the private health insurance industry in America over the last 80 years. This analysis reveals the extent to which the industry serves itself and investors before the needs of patients and their families. This book documents how and why this dying industry must be replaced by public financing coupled with a private delivery system, Medicare for All.

“Do Not Resuscitate could not be more timely. John Geyman describes precisely the reasons why it would be a terrible, costly mistake to continue to rely on the private insurance industry to pay our health care bills. He shows us that it is an industry based on an obsolete business model that wastes tremendous resources simply to avoid paying for health care. He further describes how it is possible for everyone to have high-quality, comprehensive, affordable health care, but only if we adopt an equitable and efficient financing system that is specifically designed to accomplish that.” —Don McCanne, M.D. Senior Health Policy Fellow, Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)

"If there ever were a time for national health care reform it is now. This book is a prescription, and an inspiration." —Robert Hayes President, Medicare Rights Center

1st Edition, 272 pages, Available Now

Two new books by John Geyman, M.D., published by
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