{"product_id":"uninsured-in-chicago-9781479807130","title":"Uninsured in Chicago","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy millions of Latinx people don't access the healthcare system, even in times of need\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than a decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, around eleven million Latinx citizens around the country remain uninsured. In \u003ci\u003eUninsured in Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Vargas explores the roots of this crisis, showing us why, despite their eligibility, Latinx people are the racial group least likely to enroll in health insurance. \u003cbr\u003eFollowing the lives of forty uninsured Latinx people in Chicago, Vargas provides an up-close look at America's broken healthcare system, and how it impacts marginalized groups. From excruciatingly long waits and expensive medical bills, to humiliating interactions with health navigators and emergency room staff, he shows us why millions of Latinx people avoid the healthcare system, even in times of need. \u003cbr\u003eWith a compassionate eye, Vargas highlights the unique struggles Latinx people face as the largest racial group without health insuran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Vargas, once again, distinguishes himself as one of the preeminent urban ethnographers, showing how racialized systems of inequality shape the so-called choice of Latinos to become insured. He turns the lens away from conventional explanations of Medicaid participation, that too often blame the uninsured population, and exposes those who create the violent conditions of healthcare exclusion. -- Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, author of \u003ci\u003eCrook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA moving and revealing book,\u003ci\u003e Uninsured in Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e offers a critical analysis of the complex social forces that have kept Latinas and Latinos uninsured, neglected or underserved within the U.S. health care system. This inspirational ethnographic study will be a priceless source of information to public intellectuals examining the inadequacies of the U.S. health care system and anyone interested in looking to \u003ci\u003etruly\u003c\/i\u003e transform it from its complex foundations. \u003ci\u003eUninsured in Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e will contribute to the collective healing of the bodies in pain of Latinas, Latinos, and anyone who does not have access to health care. -- Gloria González-López, author of \u003ci\u003eFamily Secrets: Stories of Incest and Sexual Violence in Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVargas takes us to the everyday worlds that Latino millennials inhabit and navigate as they seek medical care. In rich ethnographic detail, he shows us why and how young Latinos make health insurance decisions, revealing a complex web of bureaucracies of neglect, criminalized health care economies, family obligations, and informal networks. But his contributions go beyond enriching our theoretical understandings of health insurance decisions; he outlines policies that will bring hope to those who struggle for the human right to health care. -- Cecilia Menjivar, co-author of \u003ci\u003eImmigrant Families\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Vargas’s rich ethnographic study probes deeply into the forces that conspire to disadvantage Latinos within the U.S. healthcare system and shape difficult choices. Poignant, insightful, and persuasively argued, \u003ci\u003eUninsured in Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e shines a bright light on one of the most vexing problems of our generation. Timely and policy relevant. This is of the most important books you will read this year. -- Roberto G. Gonzales, author of \u003ci\u003eLives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409048707415,"sku":"9781479807130","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781479807130.jpg?v=1730505240","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uninsured-in-chicago-9781479807130","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}