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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program (What's this?) The author is a physician who has credibility in health care but he seems to have somewhat less credibility regarding law, business strategy, finance and economics. Nevertheless, based on his clinical acumen, he writes an outstanding book that MUST be read by legislators involved in health care, health care administrators, and members of a legitimately irrate public! He provides common sense solutions to major obsticles that lead to a significant reduction in the costs of health care to the tune of about $550 billion a year while also improving the quality and accessibility to health care for all Americans. The public is paying about an extra $2,000 for each adult and child per year! If you had, say, $8,000 that you could spend any way that you'd like, would you give it to insurance executives, paper pushers, unnecessary equipment in hospitals? Or would you spend that $8,000 ($160,000 after 20 years) doing something with it like paying for your children's college or your retirement or buy a really fancy sports car)? My own health care proposal also focused on improving quality and accessibility while reducing expenses by $800 billion per year, but it was evidently more focused on financial savings than even this plan was. I have read hundreds of resources so I didn't find his resources spectacular or comprehensive, but it is filled with more references and suggestions for further reading than almost any of us would care to read. OK - this is health care economics. Anyone who chooses to read this for fun is generally not into "light" reading. This isn't light, but I've gotta say that it is clear, concise when appropriate, and doesn't contain but a few grammatical errors and no major errors of fact. One of the problems with the validity of the data is that so much information upon which we must rely is based on information provided by private industries such as insurance or health care or pharmaceuticals, that appear to provide data of arguable veracity in order to justify their own, usually financially, driven goals. This is a text and topic that merits thousands of pages. Thankfully, this was written at a length that short enough to be read over one weekend. Of course, most individuals who read this topic wish to vent afterwards, understandably. I believe that this topic is timely, and this book is well researched, focused, practical, and useful for most all of us. It is a book that ought to be provided in public and university libraries, used as a supplemental text in health care economics courses, and ought to be on the nightstands of legislators on health care committees, health care administrators, health care providers, and all citizens who have any concern over the costs of health care or quality of service or the sustainability of the health care infrastructure. I give everything I read a grade. I am biased because this topic is personally and professionally quite relevant to me. As such, I believe that this book merits a grade of a solid "A".
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