Corporatized, Managed Healthcare: Your Health - Your Choices - Your Distress - My Dismay

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Martin S Finkelstein

Corporatized, Managed Healthcare

Your Health - Your Choices - Your Distress - My Dismay

Martin S Finkelstein

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English

Martin S. Finkelstein
28 February 2025

Insurance & actuarial studies; Industry & industrial studies; Health systems & services

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We are witnessing a fundamental shift in American healthcare from personalized patient care to a corporate-managed system. While scientific advancements have improved medical treatments, they have come at the cost of the human connection between doctors and patients. Today's healthcare system prioritizes efficiency, testing, and profitability over individualized care, leaving patients feeling lost and unsupported. Doctors, once independent advocates for their patients, are now employees of large organizations that dictate their decisions, schedules, and incomes. Finding a trusted family physician who offers guidance, compassion, and continuity of care has become a rarity.

Computers and algorithms now drive medical decisions, managing diseases rather than patients. While these tools streamline care for the ""model patient"" with a standard illness, they fail to address the unique complexities of real individuals. Meanwhile, profit-driven corporations health networks, insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and hospital management firms control healthcare options, often restricting care and denying services to maximize revenue.

As costs skyrocket, the system has become one of the most expensive and bureaucratic in the world, eroding patient confidence. This book sheds light on the troubling reality of corporate healthcare and empowers readers with knowledge to navigate an increasingly impersonal system, reclaiming their right to quality, patient-centered care.

By: Martin S Finkelstein
Imprint: Martin S. Finkelstein
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9798348572297
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 28 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active