Surviving Healthcare: How to Take Charge and Get the Best from Your Doctor, Your Hospital, and Your Health Insurance

Proper healthcare is not only for the sick. It's better to be well within the system than unwell, but our vast and complicated health network is neither easy to approach nor seamlessly connected, leaving many exasperated and unprepared for the future. Surviving Healthcare helps navi-gate the medical labyrinth by detailing the options for individ-uals of various age, health, and susceptibility. The best plan is to avoid needing healthcare, yet being prepared when you do. Armstrong moves from prevention to protection plans, cover-ing issues like treatment quality and effectiveness. This is not a how-to book of medical solutions. It's your guide to modern wellness and grasping the healing choices when you're not.

Surviving Healthcare is a no-nonsense guide to dealing with financial, medical, and personal quandaries in the complex and confusing modern healthcare system. Author Pam Armstrong has been professionally involved with the U.S. healthcare system since 1978; her passion, insight, and experience allow her to make keen-edged observations about what constitutes medical quality, the pros and cons of chosing various plans such as HMOs, PPOs, EPOs, Indemnity Plans and more, where to find additional resources to make hard choices, and common myths that can mislead one when selecting between doctors and health plans, all of which are not created equal. A must-have for every American, but especially for those who need to balance medical costs and quality on a tight budget.

Your family's health depends on your choice of doctor, practice, and health insurance. Medical errors kill more Americans than breast cancer, auto accidents, or AIDS. Poor care and mistakes leaves many with debilitating disabilities that could have been avoided. Don't wait until you need this book. Your family's health is too important!

This book is full of information everyone needs, a lot of info you don't even know you need until you read the book. I find myself constantly referring to the book. If you get just one helpful piece of information (there are tons) out of this book it is worth it and it could save your life. The book was given to me and I am grateful.