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Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis---and the People Who Pay the Price
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.10973
Edition: 1
Format: Bargain Price
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: April 01, 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Studio: HarperCollins
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Rating:  - Long on Analysis, short on solutions
Cohn's book for all of its less than 250 pages gives a thoughtful analysis of the complicated web known as health care insurance. Good history of insurance in the 20th century, so this is more than just current events. Does point out the inherent benefits and flaws in the way Medicare and Medicaid was set up, as well as how regulation or lack thereof came about. Note that this is not a comprehensive book on health care economics.
Most of the book is taken up by stories indicating various ... Read More
Rating: - The System Just Isn't Working
The health care industry is doing an extremely poor job of serving Americans. As the author points out, "No other country in the world comes even close to spending 16 percent if its wealth on medical care" and I would add that no country gets so little bang for their buck. So what's the problem? The author points to a few glaring deficiencies perhaps the biggest being that our health care system has little to no incentive to prevent illnesses. Unlike just about every other first world country the ... Read More
Rating: - A compelling read
This book is a great read, that yet again, puts a much needed human face on our health care crisis.
Rating: - Good reading
I needed to read this book for a class I was taking. But, it was not a chore to read at all. It was very informative and gave me answers to questions I had regarding the health care situation here in the United States. The book is very easy to read and I could hardly put it down. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about the health care crisis.
Rating:  - Right on Target
This book just begins to describe the issues with our health care system. The for-profits skim the lucrative services from the "not-for-profits", leaving us all with the tab. We are all subsidizing the for profit entities and paying their dividends.
Do people really think the US Government does not control the US healthcare system now? Medicare and Medicaid represent over half of hospital and physician payments and everything else is heavily regulated by the US government now! We have a ... Read More
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