Health Care on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Getting Affordable Coverage

This is a great book. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is the format is wordy. With that said, it is an excellent source of information for understanding the pitfalls of our healthcare insurance system, and how to avoid the common mistakes when trying to get affordable insurance. After reading this book, you should have a pretty good understanding of why so many people over 50 have difficulty staying employed and why so many companies are fleeing to 3rd world countries to avoid the cost of benefits for the workers. The suggestions are viable and it is good for anyone who is self employed or having to insure themselves outside of the corporate world.

the author offers several tips on health care for people who dont have it and a background of why we need to upgrade our current ystem. Invaluable are thecontacts for caling for cheaper prescription drugs.

This is the best book out there on health care for the general interest reader. I wish every presidential candidate and every member of Congress would read it.

Written by New York Times contributor Fred Brock, Health Care on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Getting Affordable Coverage is a one-stop guide to reducing health-care costs while remaining as covered as possible. Chapters cover basic steps anyone can take to improve their health and therefore protect their budget, how to decipher the fine print of one's insurance policy, the increasing modern trend of shifting risk and health insurance payments from the corporation to the individual (without a corresponding increase in individual real wages!), guidelines for effectively weighing the pros and cons of all the different available options, and much more. An absolute "must-have" especially for anyone anticipating retirement, and a valuable money-saving resource for everyone else.