Overview
A powerful and path-breaking expose of Americaās Medical Industrial Complexāthe network of mutually beneficial relationships between big business, academic medicine, patient advocacy organizations, hospitals, and governmentāand a compelling way forward for transforming Americaās healthcare system
How has the United States, with more resources than any nation, developed a healthcare system that delivers much poorer results, at near double the cost of any other developed countryāsuch that legendary seer Warren Buffett calls the Medical Industrial Complex āthe tapeworm of American economic competitivenessā? Mike Magee, M.D., who worked for years inside the Medical Industrial Complex administering a hospital and then as a senior executive at the giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer, has spent the last decade deconstructing the complex, often shocking rise of, and connectivity between, the pillars of our health systemāBig Pharma, insurance companies, hospitals, the American Medical Association, and anyone affiliated with them. With an eye first and foremost on the bottom line rather than on the nation's health, each sector has for decades embraced cure over care, aiming to conquer disease rather than concentrate on the cultural and social factors that determine health. This decision Magee calls the āoriginal sinā of our health system.
Code Blue is a riveting, character-driven narrative that draws back the curtain on the giant industry that consumes one out of every five American dollars. Making clear for the first time the mechanisms, greed, and collusion by which our medical system was built over the last eight decadesāand arguing persuasively and urgently for the necessity of a single-payer, multi-plan insurance arena of the kind enjoyed by every other major developed nationāMike Magee gives us invaluable perspective and inspiration by which we can, indeed, reshape the future.
This book title, Code Blue (Inside America's Medical Industrial Complex) - 9780802148940, ISBN: 9780802148940, by Mike Magee, published by Grove Atlantic (April 21, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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