David Goldhill

A visionary and completely original investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding insurance coverage will only make things worse, and how it can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.In 2007, David Goldhill's father died from a series of infections acquired in a well-regarded New York hospital. The bill was for several hundred thousand dollars--and Medicare paid it. These circumstances left Goldhill angry and determined to understand how it was possible that world-class technology and well-trained personnel could result in such simple, inexcusable carelessness--and how a business that failed so miserably could be rewarded with full payment. Catastrophic Care is the eye-opening result. Goldhill explicates a health-care system that now costs nearly $2.5 trillion annually, bars many from treatment, provides inconsistent quality of care, offers negligible customer service, and in which an estimated 200,000 Americans die each year from errors. Above all, he exposes the fundamental fallacy of our entire system--that Medicare and insurance coverage make care cheaper and improve our health--and suggests a comprehensive new approach that could produce better results at more acceptable costs immediately by giving us, the patients, a real role in the process.

A Vintage Shorts Original Selection Despite all attempts to make it otherwise, the American health care system remains arcane, bloated, inefficient, and damaging to our health. We pay high premiums, endure exorbitant out-of-pocket costs, see little to no information about treatment options, and suffer often meager and sloppy care. The Affordable Care Act was an unambitious reform not likely to have an impact on these fundamental problems. But, politics aside, health care doesn't have to be this complicated. And, its costs don't have to be this high. In this provocative and convincing essay, David Goldhill outlines the myriad misconceptions that plague American health care, and makes a radical case for reform. There is no panacea, but if we want to preserve our health and our pocketbooks, we need to normalize health care and enable a competitive, dynamic and diverse exchange where providers will be held accountable to the Americans they care for. An ebook short.

This book tells the story of longevity, the time each of us has been given to live our lives. No one can predict the years they have been allotted but it is only within the last few decades that most people with access to modern medicine can reasonably expect to survive to reach old age. Already many individuals are living well over 100. Some commentators believe that much longer lives are a possibility. A self-described biomedical gerontologist, Aubrey de Grey, has put his cards on the table and said that the first person to live to be 1,000 years old is alive today. It may sound far-fetched but there are good reasons to believe he just might be right. The human body is an unbelievably complex, dynamic and imperfect organism. Trying to understand fully our biology is an heroic undertaking, and it is even more difficult to obtain proof about the effectiveness of many medical interventions designed to extend life. Dr David Goldhill was Director of Intensive Care at the Royal London, a leading, internationally-renowned teaching hospital in east London, England. His job was to help save lives; now he’s written a fascinating book on how human life may eventually be extended to a previously undreamed-of age.

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