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Critical Condition - How Health Care in America Became Big Business--and Bad Medicine (Paperback)
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Exposing the most controversial, little-known practices of
America's most flawed system, "Time" magazine's Pulitzer
Prize-winning investigative team pulls back the curtain on the
health care industry to explain exactly how things grew so out of
control.
Dirty examination and operating rooms in doctor's offices and
hospitals . . . Health care executives pulling in millions in
bonuses for denying treatment to the sick . . . More than 100
million people with inadequate or no medical coverage . . . This
may sound like the predicament of a third-world nation, but this is
America's health care reality today. The U.S. spends more on health
care than" any other nation," yet our benefits are shrinking and
life expectancy is shorter here than in countries that spend
significantly less per capita. Meanwhile, HMOs, pharmaceutical
companies, and hospital chains reap tremendous profits, while
politicians--beholden to insurers and drug companies--enact
legislation for the benefit of the few rather than the many, while
the entire system is on the verge of collapse.
In Critical Condition, award-winning investigative journalists
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele expose the horror of what
health care in America has become. They profile patients and
doctors trapped by the system and offer startling personal stories
that illuminate what's gone wrong. Doctors tell of being
second-guessed and undermined by health care insurers; nurses
recount chilling tales of hospital meltdowns; patients explain how
they've been victimized by a system that is meant to care for them.
Drug companies profit by selling pills in the same manner that
Madison Avenue sells soap, while Wall Street rakes in billions by
building up and then tearing down health care businesses. And
politicians pass legislation perpetuating the injustices and
out-right fraud the system encourages.
By analyzing the industry and offering an insightful prescription
for getting it back on the right track, Critical Condition is an
enormously compelling investigative work that addresses the
concerns of every American.
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