02888cam a2200433 i 4500 600728 600728 20864403 US-DLC 20210105092212.0 190222s2019 mdu b 001 0 eng 2019008881 9781538131183 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781538131190 (electronic) (DNLM)101742567 DNLM/DLC DLC rda DLC AU eng pcc Alfaisal Main Library RA425 .G197 2019 Garson, Arthur, Jr., author. Exposing the twenty medical myths : why everything you know about health care is wrong and how we can make it right / Arthur Garson Jr., MD, and Ryan Holeywell. Exposing the 20 medical myths ©2019 Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2019 257 p: 24 cm text rdacontent txt unmediated rdamedia n volume rdacarrier nc Includes bibliographical references and index. American health care is the best in the world -- In many ways, American health care is cheaper than other countries -- America wastes one in every ten medical care dollars -- Most medical care dollars are spent in the last six months of life -- America consistently provides high-quality medical care -- Consumers make the best decisions about their medical care -- Preventive care saves money -- America will not ration medical care -- America faces a dangerous shortage of doctors -- The current malpractice system protects patients -- In America there is a safety net of government health programs for the poor -- People who work can afford health insurance -- The uninsured get adequate care in the emergency department -- The market can fix health care -- Doctors & hospitals should be paid separately for each service they perform -- America will never be able to reduce the cost of medical care -- When you come right down to it, Americans are like everyone else -- Previous attempts at health care reform have taught us very little -- Americans are so divided we cant even agree on goals for our health care -- There is no health care system that will work for America. Medical care United States. Health care reform United States. Delivery of Health Care Health Care Reform Health Policy United States local 4 Print books. Holeywell, Ryan, 1985- author. Online version: Garson, Arthur, Jr. Exposing the twenty medical myths Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] 9781538131190 (DLC) 2019009652 lcc BOOKS 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2021-01-05 0 RA425 .G197 2019 AU00000000016853 2021-01-05 00:00:00 230.00 2021-01-05 BOOKS