John Geyman, M.D. has published a new book “The Human Face of ObamaCare: Promises vs. Reality and What Comes Next.”

The book is shown in the stories of real patients and their families who best illustrate continuing problems of the U.S. health care system. John Geyman states that the ACA has helped many millions of people since its enactment in 2010 but has fallen far short of what is needed to improve access, affordability and quality of health care. Much of the U.S. population still cannot afford health care and there is no cost containment in sight. Underinsurance is the new norm, with narrowed networks, high deductibles, and increasing cost-sharing forcing many people to forgo necessary care.

This book takes a comprehensive, non-partisan, objective look at the ACA almost six years after its passage. The big question is: What next?

An evidence-based approach is presented to assess three major alternatives for further health care reform: continuation of the ACA with improvements as needed,  Republican proposals for its repeal and/or replacement, and single-payer national health insurance.

John Geyman is professor emeritus of family medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle where he served as Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine from 1976-90.

He has been an islander for over 25 years and was a family physician at the Medical Center in Friday Harbor from 1990-97.

The book is available at Griffin Bay Bookstore and Island Studios in Friday Harbor.

For information: johngeymanmd.org