A review by tsauxghiegh
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal

5.0

I always knew that the American Healthcare system was garbage because of the times my mother would ring her hands every time my sister or I would get sick because we didn't have a primary care and she would have to pay an unknown amount to take us to an emergency clinic just to get some antibiotics, but hearing it laid out like this was both sickening and depressing. I'm actively trying to research the healthcare system for a book I want to write and I find it confusing despite that. I can't imagine what it's like for the average person to try and do their own research in trying to find care and understanding what their insurance will and won't pay for not to mention how copay, coinsurance and deductibles work all while they should be worrying more about themselves and their health. The healthcare industry in America is just that, an industry whose main focus is bringing in money when it should be improving the health of Americans, not sucking every penny from everyone until they are quite literally sick with worry. We are the only developed country in the world that doesn't have universal healthcare in the name of making money, how ashamed we should be for letting this happen.