Don't Let Your HMO Kill You: How to Wake Up Your Doctor, Take Control of Your Health, and Make Managed Care Work for You

by Jason Theodosakis, David T. Feinberg

More than 60% of Americans with medical insurance are enrolled in HMO's, but few are happy about it. Procedures are denied, doctors are rushed, patients are frustrated--it seems as if everyone has an HMO nightmare story to tell. Now two accomplished doctors, including the author of the New York Times bestseller The Arthritis Cure , offer readers an invaluable guide to understanding, dealing with, and getting the most out of their physicians and HMO's.

335 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Jason Theodosakis, M.D., M.S., M.P.H. is a board certified physician, best-selling author, lecturer and Fellow in Preventive Medicine. He has a second medical specialty (Sports Medicine) along with Master's degrees in both Exercise Physiology and Public Health. In addition, he is a Clincial Associate Professor and the former Director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Training Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson.

Reviews

[Stephen Rynkiewicz]

Doctors can be know-it-alls, inattentive, rigid, impatient with patients, rushed, burned out and basically like people in other jobs. HMOs and PPOs run like most businesses these days, and the various payment arrangements can get in the way of getting a practitioner's full attention. Two physicians give patients their strategy for thinking like a doctor, getting a doctor thinking and working with a system that leaves less time to listen to you.