An American sickness

Chapters

Intro: Complaint: Unaffordable healthcare

1. The age of insurance
2. The age of hospitals
3. The age of physicians
4. The age of pharmaceuticals
5. The age of medical devices
6. The age of testing and ancillary services
7. The age of contractors: Billing, coding, collections, and new medical businesses
8. The age of research and good works for profit: The perversion of a noble enterprise
9. The age of conglomerates
10. The age of healthcare as pure business
11. The age of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
12. The high price of patient complacency
13. Doctors' bills
14. Hospital bills
15. Insurance costs
16. Drug and medical device costs
17. Bills for tests and ancillary services
18. Better healthcare in a digital age

Appendices:

• Appendix A: Pricing/shopping tools
• Appendix B: Tools for vetting hospitals
• Appendix C: Glossary for medical bills and explanations of benefits
• Appendix D: Tools to help you figure out whether a test or a procedure is really necessary
• Appendix E: Templates for protest letters.