From the Book - Regular Print
Part I History of the Present Illness and Review of Systems --
3 Age of Physicians 55 --
4 Age of Pharmaceuticals 87 --
5 Age of Medical Devices 128 --
6 Age of Testing and Ancillary Services 148 --
7 Age of Contractors: Billing, Coding, Collections, and New Medical Businesses 166 --
8 Age of Research and Good Works for Profit: The Perversion of a Noble Enterprise 182 --
9 Age of Conglomerates 205 --
10 Age of Healthcare as Pure Business 223 --
11 Age of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) 230 --
Part II Diagnosis and Treatment: Prescriptions for Taking Back Our Healthcare --
12 High Price of Patient Complacency 241 --
15 Insurance Costs 280 --
16 Drug and Medical Device Costs 302 --
17 Bills for Tests and Ancillary Services 319.
From the Book - Regular Print
Complaint: Unaffordable healthcare
Part I.History of the present illness and review of systems. The age of insurance
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 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
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.
