Marty Makary

New York Times bestseller Business Book of the Year--Association of Business Journalists From the New York Times bestselling author of Unaccountable comes an eye-opening, urgent look at America's broken health care system--and the people who are saving it. "A must-read for every American." --Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief, FORBES One in five Americans now has medical debt in collections and rising health care costs today threaten every small business in America. Dr. Makary, one of the nation’s leading health care experts, travels across America and details why health care has become a bubble. Drawing from on-the-ground stories, his research, and his own experience, The Price We Pay paints a vivid picture of the business of medicine and its elusive money games in need of a serious shake-up. Dr. Makary shows how so much of health care spending goes to things that have nothing to do with health and what you can do about it. Dr. Makary challenges the medical establishment to remember medicine’s noble heritage of caring for people when they are vulnerable. The Price We Pay offers a road map for everyday Americans and business leaders to get a better deal on their health care, and profiles the disruptors who are innovating medical care. The movement to restore medicine to its mission, Makary argues, is alive and well—a mission that can rebuild the public trust and save our country from the crushing cost of health care.

What Broke American Health Care--and How to Fix It

The Price We Pay

Noreen Farsai

Centers that initiated full price transparency saw a so% increase in patient volume, a 30% increase in revenue, and an increase in patient satisfaction." 

It's ironic that the federal government already has a mandatory disclosure rule for the real out-of-pocket costs people incur at a vulnerable time in their lives. But it's not a rule for health care-it's for funeral homes. The Funeral Rule," enacted by the Federal Trade Commission in 1984, requires funeral providers to offer item- ized pricing information to consumers before they purchase any services. The rationale is that consumers in a distressing situation should have honest pricing information, a rule that should also apply to the living, not just the dead. Ce S. 16 As a surgeon, I can tell you firsthand that patients and their families are also vulnerable when they seek medical care. There should be no excuse for taking advantage of them. But American health care is so crazy that as long as you are alive, you are suscep- tible to being taken advantage of by the game. Ironically, once you're dead, federal law protects you.

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