'Miranda Yaver has produced a deeply disturbing interrogation of America's deeply dysfunctional health care system. Brilliantly researched, with stories that will enrage you, Coverage Denied is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand why America's health insurance bureaucracy can be so arbitrary and heartless and why it doesn't have to be that way.' Jonathan Cohn, author of The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage 'Infuriating and original, urgent and expert, Coverage Denied lays bare the power of private health insurers to decide who gets care and who does not. Combining path-breaking survey research, compelling stories, and a keen understanding of America's distinctive policy landscape, Miranda Yaver has written the book on insurance coverage denials, why they cause so much hardship and inequality, and how they must be fixed.' Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream 'Why is it so hard for Americans to access health care? Miranda Yaver's essential new book documents the growing use of health insurance denials as a form of administrative burden to pad the profits of health insurance companies by preventing access to life-saving health care. This is a must-read for policymakers, scholars, and anyone who interacts with the American health care system.' Pamela Herd, Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan, and author of Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Other Means
