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Book SynopsisWhether a patient, health consumer, physician, nurse, health executive, or elected official, somewhere deep in our brains is this simple truth: the American health system isnât working, and it will only get worse if we donât do something about it.
Despite spending more money per capita on healthcare than any other country in the world, the U.S. struggles to match other nations in life expectancy, health outcomes and general well-being. Meanwhile the system spends more on unnecessary, ineffective and wasteful services than what we collectively invest in K-12 education in America. All the while, our health status is declining. For the first time kids born today may not live as long as their older siblings. This is a book about the interconnectedness between the health of people and the health of a nation. Itâs about the opportunity and responsibility each of us have to reimagine and reengineer a system that focuses on keeping all citizens healthy and caring for them when they ar
