The Cancer Generation: Baby Boomers Facing a Perfect Storm

“Geyman’s literary voice arises from his unusual professional and political trajectories: from country doctor to academic department chair and prominent journal editor, and from longtime Republican to president of Physicians for a National Health Program . . . a passionate advocate and scholar.”—The New England Journal of Medicine

A tsunami of cancer is coming to aging baby boomers, and the health care system is not geared up to cope. We must create single-payer health care befor…