Bleeding the Patient: The Consequences of Corporate Health Care.

Abstract

"In 1994, Common Courage Press published a book that decided the fact that 35 million people went without health insurance...Bleeding the Patient: The Consequences of Corporate Health Care reveals that today the number stands at 44 million -- and growing at 1 million a year. Most Americans would prefer a national health program like Canada's, one that not only costs less than ours does, but insures everyone. Why, in a democracy, isn't this an option? Where is the choice? There is none when a multimillion-dollar industry promotes managed competition, keeping information from the public and spreading lies about the Canadian system" -- Introduction: The Failure of "Free Market" Healthcare -- Rich Country, Poor Care -- Increasing Inequality: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Sick -- The Inefficiencies of Private Healthcare: Rationing in the Midst of Plenty -- Profit-Driven Managed Care: The Disease, Not the Cure -- Medicare HMOs: Tax-Funded Profiteering -- The HMO Scam: Rich Investors, Poor Care -- Corporate Care: Inferior Quality, Inflated Prices -- Thinking Clearly on Drugs: Pharmaceutical Profiteering -- Solutions are at Hand: Other Nations Do Better -- Northern Light: Canada's Experience with National Health Insurance -- A National Health Program and American Culture: Do They Mesh? -- A National Health Program for the United States.