Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely: Making Intelligent Choices in America's Health Care System

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Stetho Publishing, 2008 - 263 páginas
Written by a practicing family physician employed by one of the nation's top healthcare organizations, Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely provides critical information readers need to make intelligent medical and financial decisions to not only increase their chances for good health but also to get the most value out of their healthcare dollars. It is the only book that simultaneously tackles both the medical and financial perspective of staying healthy. This easy-to-understand handbook provides the valuable insider tips on how to select a high-quality health insurance plan, how to make every doctor's visit productive, whether body scans, dietary supplements, or concierge physicians are worth the money, what and who are the various primary care and specialist physicians a person may encounter, the truth about generic and branded medications, and which tests, procedures, and actions must be done to stay well both physically and financially. As healthcare becomes increasingly expensive, confusing, and difficult to navigate, this book clears the clutter and provides readers with useful information they won't find anywhere else.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
9
INTRODUCTION
15
The Most Important Policy You Will Ever Own
25
TAKEHOME POINTS
60
Mastering the TenMinute Doctor Office Visit
63
IS IT OKAY WITH YOU?
97
Do the Right Thing Regularly and Repeatedly
103
CANCER GUIDELINES FOR WOMEN108
108
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
130
Meet Your Medical Team
135
The Truth About Medications
163
Caveat Emptor Or Let the Buyer Beware
183
TwentyFirst Century Medical Care
207
Take Control Excellent Health Pays
223
Referenced Websites
237
INDEX
252

CANCER GUIDELINES FOR WOMEN AND MEN
114
AMERICAN Diabetes ASSOCIATION ADA
120

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