An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big... Today

In her 2017 book, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back , Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal—a former emergency room physician and New York Times reporter—analyzes the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system from a "noble profession" into a profit-driven "medical-industrial complex".

Rosenthal outlines 10 "rules" that explain why healthcare costs defy standard market logic: An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big...

In most industries, tech lowers costs; in healthcare, new "innovations" often serve as a justification for higher fees. In her 2017 book, An American Sickness: How

The system incentivizes quantity of care over quality of outcomes. In her 2017 book