Insider's Guide to Quality, Affordable Healthcare: Practical Strategies to Navigate our Complex System and Save Money

Tired of being overwhelmed with escalating healthcare costs, find your doctors more focused on their computer than on you, and want to be more in command of your healthcare decisions?

If you're looking for easy-to-apply strategies for obtaining high quality medical care and reducing healthcare expenses, this book is for you.

The authors are doctors with decades of experience in treating patients and their families. They have written this book to serve as your guide and share the inside story about how the U.S. healthcare system really works, so you are empowered to:

• find the best doctors and medical specialists and reduce your medical expenses
• prevent medical errors that account for more deaths each year than car accidents
• obtain a second opinion from a specialist who may save your life
• take advantage of the Affordable Health Care Act and other insurance options
• secure a healthcare advocate ("guardian angel")
• take more control of your health and obtain the highest quality healthcare

Finally, a user-friendly guide to help everyone choose the highest quality healthcare and learn how to contain their out-of-pocket costs.