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Cargando... Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix Itpor David Goldhill
   Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.   ) steve02476 | Jan 3, 2023 |  And what are we paying for? How much are we paying? Why? And by the way, when did we stop being the customer? Why am I paying for someone's penis pump? Or a test for prostrate cancer on someone who would die of other causes before untreated prostate cancer would kill him. Why are we paying for blood to be taken from a dying man - whose cause of death is already known? If the hospital wants his blood or his cells, let them pay for it, not Medicare. Not us. Where else can a business make a catastrophic mistake - like killing your loved one - then collect all the costs, resulting from THEIR mistake, from Medicare. Politicians keep talking about how cheap Medicare is to administer. Administrative costs are low BECAUSE THEY SAY YES TO EVERYTHING!! Their review process is virtually non-existent. I am unsure, however, if his solution is ideal in this country where so many Americans have a sense of entitlement. What? Pay for our own healthcare? Be responsible for illnesses that are caused by our lifestyle CHOICES? Not when those of us who make better choices are around to cover their proverbial butts. ( ) GiGiGo | Feb 5, 2021 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"A visionary and completely original investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding insurance coverage will only make things worse, and how it can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system. In 2007, David Goldhill's father died from a series of infections acquired in a well-regarded New York hospital. The bill was for several hundred thousand dollars--and Medicare paid it. These circumstances left Goldhill angry and determined to understand how it was possible that world-class technology and well-trained personnel could result in such simple, inexcusable carelessness--and how a business that failed so miserably could be rewarded with full payment. Catastrophic Care is the eye-opening result. Goldhill explicates a health-care system that now costs nearly $2.5 trillion annually, bars many from treatment, provides inconsistent quality of care, offers negligible customer service, and in which an estimated 200,000 Americans die each year from errors. Above all, he exposes the fundamental fallacy of our entire system--that Medicare and insurance coverage make care cheaper and improve our health--and suggests a comprehensive new approach that could produce better results at more acceptable costs immediately by giving us, the patients, a real role in the process. "--
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