An American sickness: how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back

Part I History of the Present Illness and Review of Systems --

1 Age of Insurance 11 --

2 Age of Hospitals 22 --

3 Age of Physicians 55 --

4 Age of Pharmaceuticals 87 --

5 Age of Medical Devices 128 --

6 Age of Testing and Ancillary Services 148 --

7 Age of Contractors: Billing, Coding, Collections, and New Medical Businesses 166 --

8 Age of Research and Good Works for Profit: The Perversion of a Noble Enterprise 182 --

9 Age of Conglomerates 205 --

10 Age of Healthcare as Pure Business 223 --

11 Age of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) 230 --

Part II Diagnosis and Treatment: Prescriptions for Taking Back Our Healthcare --

12 High Price of Patient Complacency 241 --

13 Doctors' Bills 248 --

14 Hospital Bills 261 --

15 Insurance Costs 280 --

16 Drug and Medical Device Costs 302 --

17 Bills for Tests and Ancillary Services 319.