Strong Medicine: What's Wrong with America's Health Care System and How We Can Fix It

by George Halvorson

Americans spend $900 billion a year on health care. That's more than enough dollars to ensure high-quality care for every citizen. Why aren't we getting it? And what can we do about it? In this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679429808
• ISBN13: 9780679429807
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Here are the reasons why healthcare is so expensive.

Strong Medicine is an insider's expose of the current U.S. healthcare system. It explains the system's inconsistencies and failures in accessible language ... citing studies like the one that gave 135 physicians a single patient to diagnose and treat, with the result that the physicians came up with 82 different treatments. Anyone who wonders why U.S. health care is so expensive will benefit from this book

Super overview of what is ailing healthcare in America.

While this may be considered a primer for those familiar with healthcare administration, insurers, and payors of healthcare today, it offers insights for consumers of healthcare that put the issues in context. A great summary of the need for accountability, and for reward for positive behavior in delivering healthcare and appropriate use of healthcare resources