The book describes our current medical care delivery system, its faults and strengths. It is directed to the patient who wonders what happened to him when he went to the hospital. Not only does the book talk about doctors and HMOs and Managed care and how they can and do injure patients by the hundreds of thousands every year, it helps the patient understand what his particular injury is, and what probably caused it. Then it tells this injured patient how to get his fair compensation for this injury. In addition to helping himself, the book outlines steps all of us must take to ensure safe and competent medical care for all. HMOs and Managed care are in the hands of people who are out to make a profit from people's illnesses, and the patient must understand this if he is to get good care. Our medical care delivery system is a costly shambles, and only the citizens of this country can correct that. We are now 37th in the world on the list of countries whose medical care has been evaluated. Our system must be improved.
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The book we've all been waiting for -- it's not just a sensationalist recitation of HMO horror stories, but a guide to surviving them. In 15 concise chapters the author uses layman's terms to examine the medical maze. Then he takes readers by the hand and guides them safely out. Written by an investigator/consultant, whose entire professional life has been spent in the medical field, this book emobodies the age old adage of an "ounce of prevention."
From the Author
I wrote this book after many years observing patients who had been injured by the people who were supposed to care for them when they could not care for themselves. I have observed how our medical care has slipped from great to poor, and I have observed how non medical people have assumed charge of the medical care we need. I found that State and Government agencies are not protecting us as they should, and that all of us who will someday be patients must work to make medical care in this country safe.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good warnings but . . .,
By Jim Moore (Charlottesville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Then Why Does it Still Hurt? A Book About HMO's, Managed Care, Medical Malpractice and You (Paperback)
OK the descriptions of the various ways that your doctor, HMO, or hospital can harm you are very well presented. However, potential readers should know that he rants and raves throughout the book continually implying that the health-care industry is only a group of greedy, uncaring people. The book takes a purely political swing in the last chapter where jumps into a promotion of very liberal universal health care coverage (a very different subject) as if this will solve all of our problems - ". . . all people in this country would share one level of medical care. No one would get an inferior level of care because he had no money . . ." Give me a break! None of the universal care countries have achieved this utopia. Karl Marx was wrong - equality does not create happiness. Productivity creates happiness.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Every health care consumer needs to read this book,
By Kirk L. Stromberg (Bethesda, MD) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Then Why Does it Still Hurt? A Book About HMO's, Managed Care, Medical Malpractice and You (Paperback)
I found this book useful and fascinating. Because I had recruited older Americans to lobby at the state legislture level in more than 35 states and taught them about health care issues, I had always judged myself to be a fairly well informed about the health care industry and about being a consumer of health care. But I now know that was wrong. I knew too little. Schroeder's book accurately portrays the facts about America's health care system and how to be a better customer/patient.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Read,
By Jack Schroder (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Then Why Does it Still Hurt? A Book About HMO's, Managed Care, Medical Malpractice and You (Paperback)
This book provides patient with a goodpicture of medical errors. It wuill help patients who have been injured unbderstand what may have jappened to them in the hospital or doctor's office. A must read for patients who wonder why they did not get better, only worse aftermedical care.
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