Michael Fine's Health Care Revolt

Michael Fine, M.D., HealthCare Revolt: How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy – All at the Same Time (Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2018).



Dr. Michael Fine is a man on fire. He’s on fire with anger
about a healthcare marketplace that serves well to maximize the profits of
investors and CEOs, but violates the values of many of those working in it.
He’s on fire with

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