Economics Healthcare

Priced Out: The Economic & Ethical Costs of American Health Care

Since around 2005, I’ve attempted to learn the big picture of American healthcare while focusing on my little niche in the system. After 16 years (and several legislative bills with major changes), I find myself as befuddled by the economic organization as I was at the beginning. Before dying in 2017, Reinhardt was a leading voice in healthcare economics. A Canadian by citizenship and a German by birth but an American by living, he mastered…

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Healthcare

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business & How You Can Take It Back

The American healthcare system famously spends more per person than any other system in the world, yet in outcomes, it ranks 37th. In this work, Rosenthal examines why that is the case and what practically can be done about it. Her examination operates both at levels of the patient, healthcare worker, business, insurance agency, and government/public. This book will leave you fuming that too many people are profiteering off of Americans’ health. It will also…

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