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Health Against Wealth: Hmos and the Breakdown of Medical Trust
by Anders, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395822831
- ISBN 13
- 9780395822838
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Boston 1996. 3rd printing, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in lihgtly; edgeworn dj. 299 pp including index. Author takes an unflinching look at the profit-hungry entrepreneurs who have created this new "health industry" and gives alarming examples of manipulation by HMO lobbyists. This disillusionment and pain that HMO's have wroought.
Synopsis
The HMO system is supposed to stop greedy doctors and hospitals from viewing patients as sources of profit. But Health Against Wealth reveals that when you are confronting a medical emergency, the HMO system's cost-saving rules can jeopardize your life. This book, said the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is a "chilling portrait of the many ways in which HMOs can be hazardous to your health."
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17547
- Title
- Health Against Wealth: Hmos and the Breakdown of Medical Trust
- Author
- Anders, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395822831
- ISBN 13
- 9780395822838
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Boston 1996. 3rd printing
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1996
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