Health Care Half Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality

by Arthur Garson Jr., Carolyn L. Engelhard

Are you tired of hearing that the American health care "system" is broken? Well, it is. You can't understand your bill or pay it; you wait an hour before seeing the doctor for ten minutes; and that was your child who was just laid off, and whose family has no health insurance. Health Care Half-Truths shows the ways in which American health care is tarnished and ways in which it shines, explaining that if we are going to make our health care system work for us we must begin with a common set of information. Unfortunately, our current information comes from sound bites that on their surface seem perfectly reasonable, but on closer examination are wrong. Health Care Half-Truths untangles the misinformation, misperceptions, and confusion that have confounded the American public and our elected officials. Dr. Arthur Garson identifies twenty myths about the U.S. health care system and uses his extensive knowledge and keen insights to blow them apart.

314 pages, Hardcover

First published March 26, 2007

Reviews

[Jody · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was the best part of this book the fact that half of it was 'further reading and bibliography? Well maybe not but it didn't hurt. Lots of interesting data about the way health care happens in the US and why it's going to be such a slog to change it. Change starts slowly, with a first step and can be built on.

[Gena]

This is a great book to read in question/answer format to learn about health care in America.

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative about the current state of health care in the United States. It is unbiased and provides many facts and figures.