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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A concise guide to healthcare and health insurance basics, which provides tools that patients need before, during, and after they get medical care. The author describes the care we need, the care we don't, and how to deal with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Telemedicine and healthcare apps that have become so important during the coronavirus epidemic are also explained. -- adapted from Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The spread of COVID-19 has brought the lives of doctors into sharper focus than ever before. We now see how the daily work of making important, even life-and-death decisions is frequently made harder. Hospitals and medical offices face budget problems, the influence of big pharmaceutical and insurance companies, as well as stress and long hours and massive amounts of bureaucracy and paperwork. And that was before the pandemic. As we engage in a public...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win. Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the layers of bureaucracy designed to discourage complaints make pushing back seem impossible. At least, this is what the health care power players want you to think....
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