Promoting Worker Health

A New Approach to Employee Benefits in the Twenty-First Century

Nortin M. Hadler, M.D., Stephen P. Carter, Nortin M. Hadler M.D.

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781469650968
• eBook ISBN: 9781469650975
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Health Policy

In this extended essay, Nortin M. Hadler and Stephen P. Carter introduce a new approach to reforming the American health-care system — a plan they call the Universal Workers' Compensation Model (UWCM). Drawing on Hadler’s expertise as a physician and Carter’s as an attorney, the two have conceived the UWCM as a state-level alternative that would supersede current solutions debated at the national level. They begin by summarizing the history and present complexity and irrationality of America’s health-insurance system. They then lay out the key concepts underlying the UWCM regime and the practical policy steps necessary to enact it. At the heart of the UWCM is a broader understanding of what constitutes worker’s health, one grounded in scientific research and cognizant of the wide range of physical and mental illnesses that can afflict workers. The UWCM stipulates a single policy providing rational and reasoned recourse for universal risks: illness, injury, disability, and death.

Presenting their ideas with precision in this 34-page pamphlet, Hadler and Carter intend to spark discussion among health-care providers, insurers, legislators, and everyday citizens about how we might move beyond the limits of the current debate toward new, truly effective solutions.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Abstract
• Introduction
• About the Authors