Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America Free Audiobook Download by Laurie Kaye Abraham

This is a story of what it was like to grow up in the United States, living on the South Side of Chicago. Laurie Kaye Abraham tells us her story of how she survived and thrived in spite of all the challenges that come with being raised by a single mother. As she tells her story, we learn about what it was like to be poor and have health care access.

Throughout the book, Abraham highlights how hospital errors and negligence contribute to the deaths of countless women and children, who are disproportionately African American. She also explores the heartbreaking circumstances that lead some mothers into poverty. Women, especially in urban areas, will often hold off on seeking help for their health issues until it is too late or their economic conditions change for the worse.

Let's face it, every man and woman has a mother. Some moms are great and raise us to be happy, well-adjusted adults while others leave us with some pretty nasty scars. This book is based on the thoughts of an African American woman who shares her experiences with receiving inadequate health care, in order to show the readers the importance of social justice and having access to quality health care.

Mama Might Be Better Off Dead is a disturbing and enlightening book that explores the medical industry in urban America. It tells the story of Laurie Kaye Abraham, a registered nurse who takes on one of the most difficult jobs in American healthcare. Ms. Abraham has been an RN for over thirty years, working her way up to become chief compliance officer at a large regional health insurance company – until she leaves her job in protest against their unethical treatment of patients, only to discover that there are no other options.

Laurie Kaye Abraham's essay "Mama Might Be Better Off Dead" is a vivid look at the health care system in America. Abraham starts off with a statistic that 40% of Americans now believe that their own mothers are no longer contributing to society because they're too sick, or they don't have the resources to take care of themselves. From there, Abraham begins to outline many ways in which the health care system is failing vulnerable populations. She highlights how -- with the stigma still prevalent in many areas -- those who are most likely to receive government aid will be largely ignored by those in need.

Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America is a book about the failures of health care in the United States. It's written by Laurie Kaye Abraham who discusses how urban America has been dealt with by American health care, specifically how that health care affects mothers and their children. The audiobook narration was done by Lisa Reneé Pitts.