{"product_id":"critical-condition-how-health-care-in-america-became-big-business-and-bad-medicine-paperback","title":"Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business--and Bad Medicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald L. Barlett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames B. Steele\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning journalists expose the horrific practices within America's health care system, profiling patients and doctors and offering startling personal stories to illuminate what's gone wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Every American ought to read this book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTens of millions of people with inadequate or no medical coverage . . . dirty examination and operating rooms in doctors' offices and hospitals . . . more people killed by mistakes than by many diseases. This may sound like the predicament of a failed state, but this is America's health care reality today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States spends more per capita on health care than any other nation, yet benefits are shrinking and life expectancy here is shorter than in countries that spend significantly less. Meanwhile, HMOs, pharmaceutical companies, and hospital chains reap tremendous profits, as our elected politicians, beholden to these same companies, enact piecemeal measures that lead to needless deaths, refusing to come to grips with a system on the verge of collapse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA superb investigative work that is enormously compelling and addresses the concerns of every American\u003ci\u003e, Critical Condition\u003c\/i\u003e offers an insightful prescription for getting the system back on the right track.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eExposing the most controversial, little-known practices of America's most flawed system, \"Time magazine's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative team pulls back the curtain on the health care industry to explain exactly how things grew so out of control. \u003cbr\u003eDirty examination and operating rooms in doctor's offices and hospitals . . . Health care executives pulling in millions in bonuses for denying treatment to the sick . . . More than 100 million people with inadequate or no medical coverage . . . This may sound like the predicament of a third-world nation, but this is America's health care reality today. The U.S. spends more on health care than\" any other nation, yet our benefits are shrinking and life expectancy is shorter here than in countries that spend significantly less per capita. Meanwhile, HMOs, pharmaceutical companies, and hospital chains reap tremendous profits, while politicians--beholden to insurers and drug companies--enact legislation for the benefit of the few rather than the many, while the entire system is on the verge of collapse. \u003cbr\u003eIn CRITICAL CONDITION, award-winning investigative journalists Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele expose the horror of what health care in America has become. They profile patients and doctors trapped by the system and offer startling personal stories that illuminate what's gone wrong. Doctors tell of being second-guessed and undermined by health care insurers; nurses recount chilling tales of hospital meltdowns; patients explain how they've been victimized by a system that is meant to care for them. Drug companies profit by selling pills in the same manner that Madison Avenue sells soap, while Wall Street rakes in billions bybuilding up and then tearing down health care businesses. And politicians pass legislation perpetuating the injustices and out-right fraud the system encourages. \u003cbr\u003eBy analyzing the industry and offering an insightful prescription for getting it back on the right track, CRITICAL CONDITION is an enormously compelling investigative work that addresses the concerns of every American.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald L. Barlett\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJames B. Steele\u003c\/b\u003e are America's most widely acclaimed investigative journalism team. They have worked together for three decades, first at the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e, and, since 1997, as editors at large for \u003ci\u003eTime.\u003c\/i\u003e They are the only journalists in history to have won two Pulitzer Prizes and two National Magazine Awards, as well as dozens of other national awards. They are the coauthors of six books, including \u003ci\u003eAmerica: What Went Wrong?\u003c\/i\u003e, which spent eight months on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.98 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685972283455,"sku":"9780767910750","price":23.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/485eddb46c2139ead5ef2fe5e78c5193.webp?v=1764973158","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/critical-condition-how-health-care-in-america-became-big-business-and-bad-medicine-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}