Leo T. reviewed An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back on + 1775 more book reviews
I have not seen the book yet, but the author is very well qualified. She worked as an emergency room physician and then for the NY Times at the time of Senator Clinton's attempt to put together a health plan during her husband's administration. She continued in journalism.
Terri Gross interviewed her 4/1017 on Fresh Air (WHYY). Her chapters include info on establishing parameters with your caregivers should you be in hospital as your physician might not be very concerned about costs--if you are in good enough shape to do this. There is also some discussion of how other first world nations do things. The interview begins with coding, according to her a unique procedure in the USA, not used in the rest of the world. I bought my own book in the 1990s when working as a peon at SCIF to decipher a bill once in a while as it crossed my desk. In workers comp sometimes a later injury will be billed by the clinic under an earlier injury and so if the bill is for the arm while our case is for a leg, one needs to note that a new claim needs to be set up.
Terri Gross interviewed her 4/1017 on Fresh Air (WHYY). Her chapters include info on establishing parameters with your caregivers should you be in hospital as your physician might not be very concerned about costs--if you are in good enough shape to do this. There is also some discussion of how other first world nations do things. The interview begins with coding, according to her a unique procedure in the USA, not used in the rest of the world. I bought my own book in the 1990s when working as a peon at SCIF to decipher a bill once in a while as it crossed my desk. In workers comp sometimes a later injury will be billed by the clinic under an earlier injury and so if the bill is for the arm while our case is for a leg, one needs to note that a new claim needs to be set up.
