Affordable Healing: Bringing Equity to Health

Cost should never be the deciding factor between care and neglect. Affordable Healing examines how health systems can deliver quality care while remaining accessible to all.
This book explores the drivers of healthcare costs and the policies that successfully reduce financial barriers. From pricing models and insurance design to preventive care and community programs, readers see how affordability is built through coordinated choices rather than single reforms.
Equity is treated as an outcome of design. When services are organized around need, efficiency improves and disparities narrow. The narrative highlights approaches that protect vulnerable populations while sustaining system viability, showing that affordability and quality are not opposing goals.
Attention is given to long-term impact—how early access, primary care, and prevention reduce downstream costs for individuals and governments alike.
Key focus areas include:
• Reducing financial barriers to care
• Policy tools for cost control and access
• Prevention as an affordability strategy
• Equity-driven system design
• Sustainable models for universal access
Affordable Healing offers a pragmatic view of equity in action, showing how policy choices can make healthcare both reachable and resilient.