Health Care Meltdown: Confronting the Myths and Fixing Our Failing System

by Robert H. LeBow

It is no secret that health care in the United States is managed by a confusing welter of institutions, regulations, corporations and government agencies. Paperwork is rampant at every level, and much time and money are wasted while millions of people go without needed medical attention. For this "system" the U.S. spends about twice as much per capita as most developed countries.
In this book Dr. Bob LeBow tackles this monumental issue with clarity and forthrightness. His prescription for our health care quagmire is a national health program which includes universal coverage, as is the case in every other industrialized country.

Genres: Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Ryan Lyppens · Rating 3 out of 5]

LeBow has a unique perspective from running a community health clinic protecting mostly the poor/uninsured, and you can see how passionate he is about helping those patients. Felt a bit more like a campaign/ad than a book at times, I wish he dove a bit more into specifics rather than leaning heavily into campaign rhetoric.

[Katie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought this book was going to be a helpful survey of where health care stands and how we might fix it. But half-way through, I got bored because it seemed like the author was basically just repeating points he'd already made. I felt like the author's opinions were being driven into my head; rather than being presented with evidence and given reasonable interpretations of the data, I almost felt harassed. Overall this book felt like a really really long advertisement for single-payer non-profit universal health care. There are some important points in there somewhere, but they're obscured by a lot of heavy rhetoric. And that got annoying.

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are much more informative books about America's health care system.

[Beverly Norman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting to read the perspective of our healthcare crisis from a doctor's point of view.