David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler, Bleeding the patient

David Himmelstein M.D., Steffie Woolhandler M.D., M.P.H.
Ida Hellander M.D.

Bleeding the patient
The Consequences of Corporate Health Care

ISBN 1-56751-206-2 (cloth) ISBN 1-56751-207-0 (pbk)
Common Courage Press 2001

Contents

Introduction: The Failure of �Free Market� Healthcare

1. Rich Country, Poor Care
2. Increasing Inequality: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Sick
3. The Inefficiencies of Private Healthcare: Rationing in the Midst of Plenty
4. Profit-Driven Managed Care: The Disease, Not the Cure
5. Medicare HMOs: Tax-Funded Profiteering
6. The HMO Scam: Rich Investors, Poor Care
7. Corporate Care: Inferior Quality, Inflated Prices
8. Thinking Clearly on Drugs: Pharmaceutical Profiteering
9. Solutions are at Hand: Other Nations Do Better
10. Northern Light: Canada�s Experience with National Health Insurance
11. A National Health Program and American Culture: Do They Mesh?
12. A National Health Program for the United States