It's Enough to Make You Sick

by Lobosky, Jeffrey M., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781442214620
• ISBN10: 1442214627
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

"Our health care system is indeed broken and badly in need of repair. The traditional doctor-patient covenant has been replaced by a system of market-driven initiatives that have resulted in a shredding of that sacred bond. Hopefully, [this book] will explain to you just how our current system has become so dysfunctional, why so many of our citizens lack access to the miracles of American medicine, why our seniors are forced to choose between their blood pressure medications and their groceries, and why hardworking men and women stand to lose everything if, God forbid, they develop cancer." Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Great, Another Book on America's Health Care System. Don't You Have Better Things to Do, Doctor … Like Play Golf?	p. 5
Health Care in America: The Best That Money Can Buy…Oh, Really?	p. 11
Insuring America's Health: A Lesson in "Mis" Managed Care	p. 21
The U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry: Providing the Right Pill for Whatever Ails You and the Wrong Pill for Whatever Doesn't	p. 33
The Politics of American Medicine: Show Me the Money and I'll Show You the Problem	p. 49
America's Hospitals: Havens of Mercy or Dens of Thieves?	p. 63
America's Physicians: Oops, Sorry, I Mean Health Care "Providers"	p. 75
Physician Reimbursement: You Can't Always Get What You Want, but if You Try Sometimes You Might Find You Don't Even Get What You Need	p. 85
Pretty in Pink The Influence of Women on America's Medical "Manpower	p. 93
The Medical Malpractice Crisis: How Many Lawyers Does It Take to Chase an Ambulance?	p. 105
Crisis in America's Emergency Rooms: Take Two Aspirin and Call 911 in the Morning	p. 119
The Great American Patient: You Didn't Really Think I Would Let You Off That Easily, Did You?	p. 131
Solutions to the American' Health Care Crisis: My Wife Has Always Accused Me of Being a "Know-It-All," So Here's My Chance to Prove It	p. 143
Epilogue	p. 213
Acknowledgments	p. 217
Notes	p. 221
Index	p. 241
About the Author	p. 251
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