RT Book, Section A1 Bodenheimer, Thomas A1 Grumbach, Kevin SR Print(0) ID 1171158044 T1 Introduction: The Paradox of Excess and Deprivation T2 Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 8e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260454260 LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171158044 RD 2024/03/29 AB Louise Brown was an accountant with a 25-year history of diabetes. Her physician taught her to monitor her glucose at home, and her health coach helped her follow a diabetic diet. Her diabetes was brought under good control. Diabetic retinopathy was discovered at yearly eye examinations, and periodic laser treatments of her retina prevented loss of vision. Ms. Brown lived to the age of 92, a success story of the US health care system.Angela Martini grew up in an inner-city housing project, never had a chance for a good education, became pregnant as a teenager, and has been on public assistance while caring for her four children. Her Medicaid coverage allows her to see her family physician for yearly preventive care visits. A mammogram ordered by her family physician detected a suspicious lesion, which was found to be cancer on biopsy. She was referred to a surgical breast specialist, underwent a mastectomy, was treated with a hormonal medication, and has been healthy for the past 15 years.