Adventures With Alex

Tag: healthcare

  • BR258) “An American Sickness” Book Review

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    An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal. 4/5 rating. 330 pages. Book #25 of 2022. Read June 1, 2022. This is a really sobering view of the state of our healthcare system. The healthcare industry in this country is absolutely broken. I love nurses…

  • BR201) “The Long Fix” Book Review

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    The Long Fix: Solving America’s Health Care Crisis with Strategies That Work for Everyone by Vivian Lee. 5/5 rating. 208 pages. Book #37 of 2021. Read April 26, 2021. I have read 442 books since the beginning of 2017 and this is one of the 3 best out of all of those. EVERYONE should read…

  • BR159) “The Healing of America” Book Review

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    The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T. R. Reid. 4/5 rating. 251 pages. Book #84 of 2020. Read November 29, 2020. This is a fascinating book looking at some of the top healthcare systems in the world. T.R. starts by looking at the sad-state of the…