Eight Questions You Should Ask About Our Health Care System (Even if the Answers Make You Sick)

by Charles E. Phelps

Charles E. Phelps provides a comprehensive look at our health care system, including how the current system evolved, how the health care sector behaves, and a detailed analysis of "the good, the bad, and the ugly" parts of the system--from technological advances (the "good") to variations in treatment patterns (the "bad") to hidden costs and perverse incentives (the "ugly"). He shows that much of the cost of health care ultimately derives from our own lifestyle choices and thus that education may well be the most powerful form of health reform we can envision.

162 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent overview and commentary on perceived virtues and vices of the US health system.