Med Grand Rounds: Healthcare Revolt: How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy

ZSFG Carr Auditorium
Dr. Michael Fine will speak about his recent book, “Health Care Revolt: How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy—All at the Same Time, a critical read about what we need to do for the future of our health care system in America.

Health Care Revolt looks around the world for examples of health care systems that are effective and affordable, pictures such a system for the U.S., and creates a practical playbook for a political revolution in health care that will allow the nation to protect health while strengthening democracy.

Michael Fine, MD, is a writer, community organizer, and family physician. He is the chief health strategist for the City of Central Falls, RI, and Senior Clinical and Population Health Services Officer for Blackstone Valley Community Health Care, Inc., and recipient of the Barbara Starfield Award, the John Cunningham Award, and the Austin T. Levy Award. He was director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, 2011–2015.