The Resource An American sickness : how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back, Elisabeth Rosenthal
An American sickness : how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back, Elisabeth Rosenthal
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- Summary
- New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American healthcare system, and tells us exactly what we can do to solve its myriad of problems
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 406 pages
- Contents
-
- Complaint: Unaffordable healthcare
- Part I: History of the present illness and review of systems. The age of insurance ; The age of hospitals ; The age of physicians ; The age of pharmaceuticals ; The age of medical devices ; The age of testing and ancillary services ; The age of contractors : billing, coding, collections, and new medical businesses ; The age of research and good works for profit : the perversion of a noble enterprise ; The age of conglomerates ; The age of healthcare as pure business ; The age of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Part II: Diagnosis and treatment : prescriptions for taking back our healthcare. The high price of patient complacency ; Doctors' bills ; Hospital bills ; Insurance costs ; Drug and medical device costs ; Bills for tests and ancillary services ; Better healthcare in a digital age
- Appendix: Pricing/shopping tools ; Tools for vetting hospitals ; Glossary for medical bills and explanations of benefits ; Tools to help you figure out whether a test or a procedure is really necessary ; Templates for protest letters
- Isbn
- 9781594206757
- Label
- An American sickness : how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back
- Title
- An American sickness
- Title remainder
- how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back
- Statement of responsibility
- Elisabeth Rosenthal
- Subject
-
- Health care reform -- United States
- Health insurance -- United States
- Hospital care -- United States
- MEDICAL -- Health Policy
- Medical care
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance | Health
- Medical policy
- Medical policy -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public policy | Social Policy
- United States
- Medical care -- United States
- Consumer education
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American healthcare system, and tells us exactly what we can do to solve its myriad of problems
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rosenthal, Elisabeth
- Dewey number
- 362.10973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA395.A3
- LC item number
- R655 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Medical care
- Medical policy
- Health care reform
- Health insurance
- Hospital care
- Consumer education
- MEDICAL
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Medical care
- Medical policy
- United States
- Label
- An American sickness : how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back, Elisabeth Rosenthal
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-392) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Complaint: Unaffordable healthcare -- Part I: History of the present illness and review of systems. The age of insurance ; The age of hospitals ; The age of physicians ; The age of pharmaceuticals ; The age of medical devices ; The age of testing and ancillary services ; The age of contractors : billing, coding, collections, and new medical businesses ; The age of research and good works for profit : the perversion of a noble enterprise ; The age of conglomerates ; The age of healthcare as pure business ; The age of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- Part II: Diagnosis and treatment : prescriptions for taking back our healthcare. The high price of patient complacency ; Doctors' bills ; Hospital bills ; Insurance costs ; Drug and medical device costs ; Bills for tests and ancillary services ; Better healthcare in a digital age -- Appendix: Pricing/shopping tools ; Tools for vetting hospitals ; Glossary for medical bills and explanations of benefits ; Tools to help you figure out whether a test or a procedure is really necessary ; Templates for protest letters
- Control code
- 1694291
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 406 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594206757
- Lccn
- 2016042934
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1694291
- (OCoLC)967133973
- Label
- An American sickness : how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back, Elisabeth Rosenthal
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-392) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Complaint: Unaffordable healthcare -- Part I: History of the present illness and review of systems. The age of insurance ; The age of hospitals ; The age of physicians ; The age of pharmaceuticals ; The age of medical devices ; The age of testing and ancillary services ; The age of contractors : billing, coding, collections, and new medical businesses ; The age of research and good works for profit : the perversion of a noble enterprise ; The age of conglomerates ; The age of healthcare as pure business ; The age of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- Part II: Diagnosis and treatment : prescriptions for taking back our healthcare. The high price of patient complacency ; Doctors' bills ; Hospital bills ; Insurance costs ; Drug and medical device costs ; Bills for tests and ancillary services ; Better healthcare in a digital age -- Appendix: Pricing/shopping tools ; Tools for vetting hospitals ; Glossary for medical bills and explanations of benefits ; Tools to help you figure out whether a test or a procedure is really necessary ; Templates for protest letters
- Control code
- 1694291
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 406 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594206757
- Lccn
- 2016042934
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1694291
- (OCoLC)967133973
Subject
- Health care reform -- United States
- Health insurance -- United States
- Hospital care -- United States
- MEDICAL -- Health Policy
- Medical care
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance | Health
- Medical policy
- Medical policy -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public policy | Social Policy
- United States
- Medical care -- United States
- Consumer education
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