An American sickness: how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back

Complaint: Unaffordable healthcare

The age of insurance

The age of hospitals

The age of physicians

The age of pharmaceuticals

The age of medical devices

The age of testing and ancillary services

The age of contractors: Billing, coding, collections, and new medical businesses

The age of research and good works for profit: The perversion of a noble enterprise

The age of conglomerates

The age of healthcare as pure business

The age of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

The high price of patient complacency

Doctors' bills

Hospital bills

Insurance costs

Drug and medical device costs

Bills for tests and ancillary services

Better healthcare in a digital age

Appendix A: Pricing/shopping tools

Appendix B: Tools for vetting hospitals

Appendix C: Glossary for medical bills and explanations of benefits

Appendix D: Tools to help you figure out whether a test or a procedure is really necessary

Appendix E: Templates for protest letters.

History of the present illness and review of systems. The age of insurance

The age of hospitals

The age of physicians

The age of pharmaceuticals

The age of medical devices

The age of testing and ancillary services

The age of contractors: billing, coding, collections, and new medical businesses

The age of research and good works for profit: the perversion of a noble enterprise

The age of conglomerates

The age of healthcare as pure business

The age of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Diagnosis and treatment: prescriptions for taking back our healthcare. The high price of patient complacency

Doctors' bills

Hospital bills

Insurance costs

Drug and medical device costs

Bills for tests and ancillary services

Better healthcare in a digital age.