Saving the Heart of American Health Care: How Patients and Their Doctors Can Mend a Broken System

As a physician himself, Dr. Kenneth P. Anderson, knows how important the bond is between doctors and patients. It is essential to have trust and understanding in this relationship, but recent policy changes have nearly destroyed this sacred connection. In this new guide to American health care in its current form, Anderson discusses how these changes came about and how this important bond can be rebuilt.

Anderson covers

• the historical context for the evolution of American health care,
• the challenges of providing health care to 325 million Americans,
• the concept of health care as a "right" or "privilege,"
• the policies and procedures of the current health care system,
• the most important drivers raising the costs of health care,
• the current discussion about health care safety,
• the importance of health care informatics,
• the changes to hospital records departments,
• the arguments surrounding health insurance funding,
• the role of both the employer and federal government in health care, and
• the future of patients and providers.

Through his work, Anderson shows that not all changes have been healthy for the health care industry and discusses how American voters and lawmakers can work together to improve a flawed system.