Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

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
Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response
Ebook444 pages3 hours

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

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

* NATIONAL BESTSELLER *

“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 Biden Senior Advisor 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 Short, Preventable 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.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 15, 2021
ISBN9781250770172
Author

Andy Slavitt

ANDY SLAVITT was President Biden’s White House Senior Advisor for the Covid response at the beginning of his term where he oversaw direct communication with the public on the pandemic. He has led many of the nation’s most important health care initiatives, serving as President Obama’s head of Medicare and Medicaid and overseeing the turnaround, implementation and defense of the Affordable Care Act. Slavitt is the “outsider’s insider”, serving in leading private and non-profit roles in addition to his government services. he is founder and Board Chair Emeritus of United States of Care, a national non-profit health advocacy organization as well as a founding partner of Town Hall Ventures, a healthcare firm that invests in underrepresented communities. He co-chaired a national initiative on the future of health care at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He chronicles what goes on inside the government and across the nation at town halls, in USA Today, and on Twitter. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School, he and his wife have two grown sons.

Related to Preventable

Related ebooks

Wellness For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Preventable

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Preventable - Andy Slavitt

    lcbook_preview_excerpt.html}ْ#DZd*vkȶMyl) ̥@IaڼΧK Tqf^. X|9~X?b<Ʋ 沋ø)}7Ei~C誢v}wEOac/zs(C ՘o}WG͡:6qtMn(걞 ,<޶l mٷ5u om S#A)ʦ. <c[?4m3<q*V \L}ު3yĐ:s96xqQ6"<`Ȓ-^)޴ŋ`/HDlIF&n7;hҮKM]ׄ!j(aW%*7QϹԻ[V)LW5AvPb?I\!e\t/[<ӡ8xmOl=C .cS?|_?㮢pE=}k ۱lҟe^b]_.cXLa枵c=:D/?A"4 >{L;amx:x{I3jG UqMqၯBCy pRGq.X=弍>o|_W}囮,n\oolxOA)2rCUܞs }'|![t`*~[lez<w4T1v5Ť|w{?AcB $;wn!1 EEpqO8%CU2YRn:3"jW=6|dv @WC.+vp[w3MrFiD3QF|p@U 00#.*>}u[ts$T#,H=dnRaKn P>f4w%.<@d@P)̺|i{MGa1t^kʐK =qd;j{CCw`4 S]ژ}\2A6©L8hIG<CBbXM@gT_-қ j°7#`V\^"*,ϵ-mh:{.[ή\{ BISr(|d&*ߧKW2̑/DCC=bIyHeX$qɷp*,e +!3eN/ˎgI!Lgzlz0cJ>2kx}U$X̋0H5izMV97@bw[hV)\%-7#ld/nm; }o.ކ!>4#XzH_{:HW`C("s6gQv{C$2J014]oqM J`ncHQPtP؜}|ҵɀ &4 :/l! @s 4YtOJ6@i[E e&xMN9/ _tMCrʘiӦ*nc.VY=6\kwƼR k$IGHVw3)dƹ,d2 2X\+=ASk 9{xԞwtY{r->VfHmtϻP#0B';7"ɦԻh'ٟ"a\ô Ϫs}Y 6Ѕ~0B#ǡ Ĝ藴_՗Ry]f98KcU጗$ OWk! Hĕ :1Tba$肿1$lki.!ἀ%с1Z biI.kL[6BW!" sYE,Q89?dp g(I$,YO 絸h Š?Z3On943 l뵪:&dh@fH]w^|=hV؍# T$j uiP%5,= eW8]`AO+Ϩr@B1.B\shBB-d'ePF낂LYzDa<'[l*qwAs 9cgٶ$2U2IeP&y6YЫ%=i[#,˩T1agx/Qp}@t[ynk۸\Lv]eb݃jj]K(W7EL?2RW=Y?Jaae6iO  iRjڣ3?=D\D1&C=d޲ˌ]e1~aM ΰfKYjqCur=nWt+(X4g0*փ`(Cۼī> ʭ [hrUB|)}S},x`b25E`=*,}77}R=+Rr#E୒ZPݾ9ۭGV`@B>98lsڣ$2ܷ_VM:z[P3q, ZRL4vS!TR̫br$V"F*~Yje9jk"jr!:9Uе^E dՃzy14`Gsj&So䠥5ܖ"@KUظta`d`r6Ib- 7}:79QMQs-Ю`+KG}qaJE XWX&} P9{ܾ)u׳x' ) daI>Q1`|`_̘o6ep]л.wMg>0UT_>w^58x{ \/@dQYfo΀/e ,"KR2Mf2x: 2 ߼]cl݆ឫ8TLF0x^*}7!+K2<}` ~ߨ󬖸U+U@P^sG5~9kB'PAIphw32+D] 4LˉK7KFsgii@$J_eK-s!8 x$cYY{Z"={!T*Pqs̆sD$lYjnэiChf`!yR2>T˙o./ʸ%Q\$I DTPwȕ{ݝW9z=e%,3EY@$#6iH D#P,.$Bh[>u)yG<[1^`(|%rknjժF9 q sQ(ӶZl!O Gŭ{uTl4TvsM\ hK|T2ϟ=ߨLljl҄ gLڕkx|MBCwcATVDs+tRfX@G\d>ml]% 2q` eqrShEЊR*O٨yN#$PPHmB&:Um|SX;ՔT~@+zNwN?p&z~KŁ=4+)loNP!%I3DaV(eڵ(Y='VFm2AeBi]{ ?",&zKCSbnҿ,:'-0{LcfG(+^5%=9K✬DK1Zy|8AZ=adQ-m!E$TN?SpʰڽL@^*k KxZ)L}(k5qoH昸|6_ 6Ͳ]6d!,5aXf;y.* t7BTӱ6K-Q44܋%jHf[151H`dHy\bȖh4셹C:)2RF)a9>Ӥ9Ŵb:j&VF SihlR)O(g*DҰ?9??0|]8xVNuњS)+qXt mj_z]"1˄{WZpCQF1'<{/RƴR`erdf/]DdrtuUMr+#+DH5njrmL" "biU2kQ)hk7{ji !h;)t$ .b MZgc XCXX} M~4 "NKt,8AŬZbY&?%Q;PƆ%e'Qj +U c_~<2}{sƯ01@m[hlLQM)4wIxe`w=ٜ78γыb4J혠&Բ%^t^RVw$c/YzIH뵌u9VO(|5f7ܮ`3嶞hdݹ!lLHXd2~N> ekʕ02Xw8D_쪺4|Շo}o}unSp3Ո) XEHyrrmA3,+P:`짰TbBmOd]XIx*<0JCîml8}i!zbU 0h.4gzv吉-d`-pIVPtPHV l%X'磔o5zV}baoޱSTޯS"ocj92VøXgN/շKA3ϸuiilV3GLlcłqr)yǕ&-q]~[|)bWyGXVlh` eEN޸&^%hMԵ2k'f0r&w6B[J#炞H46#ZyV\o2Puc XɶL/m8p вUeN|iFm`K&sZט\ N@03)[>T֎f97c9iz 9֟Ho6u[vQn< ܑ\3f!7X $*l`%ڬ@{"5袻K79cK٬ѳG] j=I-Z`9:gNx rĒvF0NEJh=<3rjAVI=Rl:›wL#x2q91n'b^` m`mb_sާz8hK;1UU4I_}W|&E~1 2> k$%Sہ.XoÀ}~oEsNj-D\&}Rr[zŏ/W0X'SAsh95S?#*XOAZ:H&mZ"_6B$VIܼX U,~ŔP,Fs^AV1-^\u҂"Yw Q;Pݿfd2p˹5j ^v& /&Ej2斚XZEzr\`_1Ek5t6K 85E{J)>˝;ʈ\% -,0n`% M"f\`qwj^슍1\sZ18(OBjJҬ^-^3Iΰn co͂wwLn<`7?`B9ک#F;- ľg.5M#]=/qY :р6rkFɽ:k DXnmPg? {*6Efjƒ#6j;fM7$'Ch0a j, KN&ODRpm0zC˩nsWX"F)2cG[X.=SZ ԗϔiAo!;7V\xpKSfGn![VMSMqc{"*"jei 7V=1‡}Ux٫ށ'Xcq12Gq']$;#Lk)[IVLU"$9(-D⥮8c5tK\/.?![HHXi[GFgϟpUa';sxRÄ"4ٝ$5lg}jS䴜9o{1qX'(DʺU0ʣp]]s+Ve TU:dTH]N@-fh-ǧԯ"Àaqe%!xE4 6Ky1\Hvbxee#iU5 [26U L)]!oG#MLUs"/+=ܭ+:J?E96[De6-X=;+5t+ _vmzShscӟ d-L,tBiRVpzViu t5{Vq ';{ۗV6伈pia"'F6uC'-nrfDmV\V4 &EGzƉ,ܰ|JyEsZIi]ic9*n ;혻SDꇺyMeG ik%cim򭞭q:y$d=X?ʟILqzQ%" X>%'cfF*E*qӍMfog߽YkCToS1Zi6q{U-U*Z? &sys9|*)ظat#kOtvG>f!a6 U8Nޭhs%NhL=l6\K?9Az/4|ܛPKaLڰꬸ@؃5/4K/pY.nuRjR}d{r cGӫoB*ƅ阮v9 *Z{k)gvٮ!fH'12!dAFU3,O}VY1m zze5 mVY]d:ja-hyhiR_1XhJ2۷͎Aż'.[,vr"*!X-l(yԂz./NM\Ͼ*BJ O#=:,cyOLg3ڞ>j: i}-*ש#t \Y%Pqs28ΣQ8qa&N q3m²\S\Ͳmb< H-ల92(l8U}`e#Mu9 wo;LP$*ϐOOHx_h0o)*;}FyV컻8z[#h&A!&eїc>њUpaCùٱXC?]mg†MUCjD]Tz~j_u3s)7*NQUBBG(3 [Q:_8N%ːMlUrÀ2j+:4V^]e(JQ&AfSg3rf1_n-JkbqL=(-j}?<2\I+SOz N||u,b=qX*غ+t<qtN`h FlbJprF,U!2cI;RK+ѦGR˵+:ňdW|_}֧1J-\Og,28,Ób$sW(O76Nm"=7KO'덯uW؝,G0_y'?hh/v1wp )޶nݬH}~EK SߞHkg |~ѮKGr^B=ᒔ{ sXȆ˭~1󡏨,E+`p]]-͒Tv̦|Ƞj2bjxM#]?I}c*xs oZvB^ &%wɷyx[R1w/ZF?&eX?oO/>||//pׯz_|ф^\|՛?-_xP퇉iP۳t7aR[a#_9N֩>~7 fuܦY"Ń`c}?6<^u6a9cΜp9<V020}1ߤ-7~W"h!G7OG"8ɭ}]֘©ů1vV*3zޯFqq5551rfr{pXWšJ~# ,V (5ؑtѪd$h#?A ,px[l%HM~BQvŻݦtb*Cצ7x=H1IMd u
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1