The Harvard Gazette talks with The Center for Cartoon Studies co-founder James Sturm about his fellowship project, a 32-page graphic guide addresses a range of topics, including the earliest days of Medicare, a history of the hospital, and the convoluted way patients are billed for services depending on how doctors and insurers choose to describe procedures. “It’s really Orwellian,” said Sturm. “Thousands of dollars depend on what word you use.”
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White River Junction, Vermont, May 3, 2021 – Ask most people how the US healthcare system works and the answer you’re most likely to receive is “not well.” Despite having the highest overall healthcare costs in the developed world, the US ranks last in many measurements of healthcare access and quality. Too many people can’t get the care they need.
In response to this healthcare crisis, 2020-2021 Radcliffe Fellow James Sturm assembled a team of Harvard students, cartoonists, healthcare professionals and scholars to create Health and Wealth: A Graphic Guide to the US Healthcare System.
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As part of a Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) co-founder James Sturm has been working with a team of Harvard students and scholars, CCS alum Kazimir Lee ’16, and CCS student Sam Nakahira ’21 on a 32-page comic about the US healthcare system. Read more …
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Harvard Radcliffe Institute News and Ideas By Ryan Mulcahy
Face to face, sort of, with his virtual fellowship class, James Sturm sought a line between his two objectives: stay present and make a connection. The answer came naturally. Read more…
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