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A physician and patients' advocate offers a complete guide to the complexities of the modern American health-care system, explaining how to negotiate successfully the frequently confusing rules, regulations, and bureaucracy of the system in order to get the care to which one is entitled. Original.
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As a physician and a retired medical group president and medical insurance executive, Bob Sheff thought he knew everything about the health care system. Then he became a patient himself and found out firsthand just how intimidating, confusing, and downright scary it can be to face the rules, regulations, and physician attitudes that now define America's medical care culture. The result of his experiences is this useful guide to navigating every aspect of what Dr. Sheff calls "our messed-up medical system." His compassionate, easy-to-understand text shows you how to become your own medical advocate and get the kind of care you deserve, when you want it, from whom you want it, and where you want it-no matter what your insurance company says.
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