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Health Care on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Getting Affordable Coverage (tt)

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Written by New York Times contributor Fred Brock, Health Care on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Getting Affordable Coverage is a one-stop guide to reducing health-care costs while remaining as covered as possible. Chapters cover basic steps anyone can take to improve their health and therefore protect their budget, how to decipher the fine print of one's insurance policy, the increasing modern trend of shifting risk and health insurance payments from the corporation to the individual (without a corresponding increase in individual real wages!), guidelines for effectively weighing the pros and cons of all the different available options, and much more. An absolute "must-have" especially for anyone anticipating retirement, and a valuable money-saving resource for everyone else.

I picked up this book enthusiastically hoping to learn how to save money on health care. However, I was resoundingly disappointed in this book. The tips that were summarized at the end were about 5 pages, whereas the other 200+ pages were scaring you into how bad the health insurance industry is and how people are getting burned. These 5 pages included fairly obvious tips such as "know what is included in your policy" so I don't really count that as helpful.

We know the situation is bad; that is why folks buy the book. This is not so much of a guide to solutions as a current events dissertation on other folks' problems. I was really disappointed.

the author offers several tips on health care for people who dont have it and a background of why we need to upgrade our current ystem. Invaluable are thecontacts for caling for cheaper prescription drugs.

This is the best book out there on health care for the general interest reader. I wish every presidential candidate and every member of Congress would read it.

This is a great book. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is the format is wordy. With that said, it is an excellent source of information for understanding the pitfalls of our healthcare insurance system, and how to avoid the common mistakes when trying to get affordable insurance. After reading this book, you should have a pretty good understanding of why so many people over 50 have difficulty staying employed and why so many companies are fleeing to 3rd world countries to avoid the cost of benefits for the workers. The suggestions are viable and it is good for anyone who is self employed or having to insure themselves outside of the corporate world.