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“Nuila’s storytelling gifts place him alongside colleagues like Atul Gawande.” —Los Angeles Times This “compelling mixture of health care policy and gripping stories from the frontlines of medicine” (The Guardian) explores the question: where does an uninsured person go when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors?Here, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital that priorit...

Expensive. Broken. Americans use these two words more than any others to describe?and condemn?their own healthcare system. And they're right. Could one local hospital?a David among the Goliaths of the Texas Medical Center?serve as a model for the change Americans have longed for? In the richest country on earth, the high cost of healthcare drains pockets and leaves millions without access to lifesaving treatments, crowding emergency rooms and ...

A compelling mixture of healthcare policy and gripping stories from the frontlines of medicine' Guardian How do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a broken healthcare system?The People's Hospital is the story of how Ben Taub Hospital strives to provide healthcare to Houston's most vulnerable population, against the background of the chaos of American healthcare. By telling the f...

How do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a broken healthcare system? The People's Hospital is the story of how Ben Taub Hospital strives to provide healthcare to Houston's most vulnerable population, against the background of the chaos of American healthcare . By telling the frequently heartbreaking stories of patients who have had to battle their desperate financial circumstan...

Ricardo Nuila introduces us to Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, and the undocumented and poor people it serves within the larger chassis of the United States health care system. This is a book about the dark and challenging times in ordinary lives, and the narratives of hope, triumph and trauma that accompany them.