How Payers, Policy Makers, and Patients Wreck Health Care

A Scathing Indictment of the American Health Care System

The American health care system is a mess. It's too expensive, too complicated, and too often, it doesn't work. But who's to blame? Is it the greedy insurance companies? The incompetent politicians? The uninformed patients?

The Reaper's Compromise: How Payers, Policy-makers, and Patients Wreck Health Care

by Thorsten O'Shaughnessy

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In his new book, How Payers, Policy Makers, and Patients Wreck Health Care, Dr. John Smith argues that all three groups share the blame. He shows how payers have used their market power to drive up costs and restrict access to care. He shows how policy makers have created a system that is so complex and bureaucratic that it's impossible to understand, let alone fix. And he shows how patients have become so accustomed to being passive recipients of care that they've lost the ability to advocate for themselves.

Dr. Smith's book is a scathing indictment of the American health care system. But it's also a call to action. He believes that we can fix our health care system, but only if we're willing to confront the hard truths about who's to blame.

The Payers

The payers in the American health care system are the insurance companies. They're the ones who decide how much to pay for medical care, and they're the ones who decide who gets access to care. And they're the ones who have the most power in the system.

Insurance companies have used their market power to drive up costs and restrict access to care. They've done this by:

• Raising premiums
• Increasing deductibles
• Limiting coverage
• Denying claims

The result is a system that is too expensive and too complicated for most people to afford. And it's a system that often doesn't work when people need it most.

The Policy Makers

The policy makers in the American health care system are the politicians. They're the ones who create the laws that govern health care. And they're the ones who have the responsibility to fix the system.

But policy makers have failed to fix the health care system. They've created a system that is so complex and bureaucratic that it's impossible to understand, let alone fix. And they've allowed the payers to have too much power.

The result is a system that is too expensive, too complicated, and too often, it doesn't work. And it's a system that's only getting worse.

The Patients

The patients in the American health care system are the people who need care. They're the ones who are paying the bills. And they're the ones who are suffering the most.

Patients have become so accustomed to being passive recipients of care that they've lost the ability to advocate for themselves. They don't know how to choose a doctor or a hospital. They don't know how to negotiate a bill. And they don't know how to complain when they're unhappy with their care.

The result is a system that is unresponsive to the needs of patients. It's a system that's designed to benefit the payers and the policy makers, not the patients.

The American health care system is a mess. It's too expensive, too complicated, and too often, it doesn't work. And it's getting worse.

The good news is that we can fix it. But only if we're willing to confront the hard truths about who's to blame.

Dr. Smith's book is a call to action. It's a call to action for payers, policy makers, and patients. It's a call to action for all of us who want to fix our health care system.

If you're tired of the status quo, if you're tired of paying too much for health care, if you're tired of being treated like a number, then read this book. And then join the fight to fix our health care system.

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The Reaper's Compromise: How Payers, Policy-makers, and Patients Wreck Health Care

by Thorsten O'Shaughnessy

4.4 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	3551 KB
Text-to-Speech	:	Enabled
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Enhanced typesetting	:	Enabled
Word Wise	:	Enabled
Print length	:	271 pages
Lending	:	Enabled
X-Ray for textbooks	:	Enabled

FREE