Review: Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won’t Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care

Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won’t Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care by Marty Makary


My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The primary takeaway I have from this book is that the free market in medicine is not functional in the absence of transparency and accountability. People have an expectation that medical care is fairly standardized across hospitals and doctors. This book thoroughly documents the fact that this is far from true.

Case after case is given that just added fuel t...