Paying Through the Nose for Healthcare
The Great American Healthcare Scam: How Kickbacks, Collusion and Propaganda Have Exploded Healthcare Costs in the United States, by David Belk, M.D. and Paul Belk, Ph.D., self-published, 2020.
Those at a loss to explain outrageously high healthcare costs in the United States need look no further than this book, written by brother-authors David and Paul Belk. Using everyday examples from David’s private medical practice in Alameda, California, they unmask the mafia-style protection racket that private health insurance, together with hospitals, pharmacies, and medical clinics, foists on an unsuspecting public, leaving patients with bills that can reach mind-boggling proportions.
The exposé opens with a patient whose pharmacy tried to charge $1,500 for a small supply of a generic, commonly prescribed drug for migraine headaches. David recommended trying Costco’s pharmacy without filing insurance, and the bill dropped to under $42. That’s a 97-percent decrease.
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