Roberta E. Winter

Roberta E. Winter is a management consultant who specializes in policy analysis and process improvement for public resources. She founded the health care consulting firm Praevalere Inc. in 1996, which became a management consulting firm in 2001. Ms. Winter holds Master degrees in Health Administration, Public Administration, and Management.

She has published a health care column since 2007 under the tradename healthpolicymaven. Her articles have been published in biznik and other media. Her areas of interest include public policy and health care, as well as general nonfiction work.

Ms. Winter is the author of Unraveling U.S. Health Care: A Guidebook to the U.S. Health Care System. She lives in the Seattle area.

Book Reviews by Roberta E. Winter

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“The problem is much worse than most Americans understand. It is not simply a matter of replacing private insurance with a public system.”

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“to the faithful, the lapsed, and the strident anti-Catholic public this collection of essays offers a greater understanding of history and how parishioner activism has changed the Church,

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Health Communism serves as a wake-up call for the dehumanization of healthcare delivery.”

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Joshua Frank’s ballsy tell-all of the Hanford pillaging of the American people’s pocketbooks, while as the same time, never achieving the one objective the government contractors were hired to do—e

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Growing Up Getty: The Story of America’s Most Unconventional Dynasty is a riveting biographical work of the life and legacy of America’s greatest wildcatter, J.Paul Getty, who discovered t

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Daddy Issues: Love and Hate in the Time of Patriarchy is brief and refreshing for what it is NOT, a feminist treatise on paternalism and the female dynamic.

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Paying for universal health services? How could we pay for it? “Stop to think of it. We’re never asked how we were going to pay for our years of wars choice.

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Unless you were cryogenically frozen for the last few years you are probably aware of the meltdown of schools, childcare, and workplaces during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Caroline Johnson, an artist who met Lincoln said, “Mr. President I believe God has hewn you out of rock, for this great and mighty purpose.

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It is impossible to enjoy reading the constitution more than through the searing perspective of the brilliant Twainesque humor of Elie Mystal in Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the C

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Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care? attempts to apply a narrative for health system functions and not merely recite data and for that, Ezekiel Emanuel is to be applauded.

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Charif Majdlani slays the profiteers of his beloved Lebanon, Hezbollah, Syrian military forces, warlords, and the ruling Muslim contingent equally in his courageous look at the city today.

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Marshall Allen’s Never Pay the First Bill starts off slow with a $445 overcharge issue.

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“Lenz deftly skewers all of the stereotypes around pregnancy and motherhood in her wonderful, must-read Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women.

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They Didn’t See Us Coming is a working guide on how to create social change.”

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Un-American is most extraordinary because even after the indoctrination of West Point, Edstrom dared to question some of the decisions and the presence of US military as invaders

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Pretty Bitches is an often-hilarious collection of essays by brilliant authors that blow asunder the real meaning of pet names and labels often given to vagina owners.

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“read The Case for Climate Capitalism to learn more about what we must do to turn back the thermostat on a nuclear winter.”

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“It takes a strong stomach to read this memoir, but the journey is worth it.”

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“Eating his way through Hong Kong does have its squeamish moments including, ‘warm paper bags filled with squid balls or barbequed octopus tentacles stuck on little bamboo sticks.’”

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Sunil Dutta takes you on a journey from northern India, grossly partitioned after the independence from the United Kingdom, into Pakistan (primarily Muslim) and India (primarily Hindu), which is an

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“For a riveting account of contemporary action the visionary Michael Bloomberg is taking to battle environmental degradation and a host of other societal ills, Eleanor Randolph’s unauthoriz

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“A single cow can deposit over a ton of waste on the ground every month with a high percentage of that waste seeping into surface water.

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“This political environment, in which the separation of church and state is treated as a kind of heresy rather than the real rock upon which our government stands, is what makes the timing

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“Read this book to learn which global companies are treating their contributing workers well and how to do business with them.”

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“Families with loved ones who are in comas or are struggling to recover from the long-term effects of one, will find The Blink of an Eye jet fuel for inspiration.”

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“The night a stone-fisted neo-barbarian would beat her to gashes and aches everlasting.”

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Karen Crouse introduces us to the Norman Rockwellian town of Norwich, Vermont, and its denizens of hard work, modesty, social equity, and homespun support for its children.

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“David Cay Johnston is truly Prometheus bound in this sickening reveal of the Trump Administration.”

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Rediscover the joy of daydreaming and awaken your creative self through Manoush Zomorodi’s guide to unleash from digital demons.

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". . . read this evocative collection of stories about young people who are making a difference in environmental and political stewardship."

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Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State, has worked for both presidents of the Bush clan, through the Gulf War and the Iraq provocation, and into the current presidential cabinet.

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“patients can save thousands of dollars by purchasing An American Sickness by Elizabeth Rosenthal.”

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Anyone who would choose to read Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics is either a serious student or a health care professional.

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“no less than a clarion call to the American people to rise up and release these ties that bind.”

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“To learn more about creative initiatives throughout the world that are improving conditions for human beings, buy this book, a bargain at any price.”

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We are all guaranteed equal protection under the law, except for health care workers, administrators, and volunteers, as revealed in Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-abortio

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“Kudos to Dr. Biglan for daring to write this book, and let’s hope for all of our sakes that policy makers adopt some of the principles.”

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“If there is ever an argument for ridding ourselves of for-profit hospitals, Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm Ravaged Hospital drives this home.”

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“Graf’s best work is the honor she bestows on donor families and the linkage she creates with the restored lives of the recipients and some truly miraculous turnarounds.”

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At first Smiles Are Everywhere: Integrating Clown-Play into Healthcare Practices appears to be a satire on how clinicians are forced to put on the happy mask as their patient loads are eve

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“. . . a pitch-perfect call for health care changes in the mechanized deaths many suffer in America.”

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“. . . a book written by economists for policy nerds . . .”

The strength in Brave New World of Healthcare Revisited is its brevity.

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“Bravo, Dr. Farmer, for saying what most clinicians are loathe to admit.”

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“Caution: Reading this book will make your blood pressure rise and launch you on the warpath—directly to your legislator’s front steps.”

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“A must read for anyone with a pulse.”

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David Goldhill’s thought provoking examination of the U.S. health care industry is informed by his keen business perspective.

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“As the stench from the election year permeates our air, keep this book on hand . . .”

The doctor is in the house.

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“gripping . . . find out how American taxpayers, insurance premium payers, and patients are literally getting mistreated. . . . No one is spared.

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“Make reading The Human Right to Health a priority—if for nothing else than to consider some of the questions around the influence of private foundations and their public accountab

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“Mr. Henaghan does shine light on the confusion regarding the multitude of patient safety organizations and makes health care system simplification sound attractive.

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“So if you possess a penis, are a bathroom bibliophile with the attention span of a gnat, and happen to be looking for a read that is as timely as, say, feather hair extensions, then perhap

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“El Narco is a seminal text . . . For those looking for a good read from an unaltered man, plow into this one while you are under this influence of your legal beverage of choice.

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“The Healthcare Cure is concerned with ‘paying health insurance claims,’ while the rest of the world is focused on improving care.”

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“Rob Hopkins combines cutting-edge process model analysis with modern scientific data using a pleasantly conversational mode.”

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“Mr. Pelton has sharpened his pen and plugged into individual contractor units to bring us this candid take on the behind-the-scenes players in warfare.”