Listen to Us, We're Not That Stupid: The People's Prescription for What Really Ails America's Health Care System

LISTEN TO US, WE'RE NOT THAT STUPID is a succinct, sharply written & at times, often humorous critique of how our current health care system came to be; it is as well an astute analysis of what currently ails it. Skvarla deftly persuades his reader that allowing free-market forces to work & making the patient a more cost-conscious consumer will reform our current system much more effectively than any government intervention or bureaucracy ever could. As Lawrence Minard, Managing Editor for Forbes Magazine, wrote about the book, "Politicians & social engineers who believe that health care is different from clothing, cars & other consumer goods should read John Skvarla's provocative book before they subject the country's health care system to bureaucratic control." Skvarla's pungent presentation of the facts & his humorous anecdotes about absurdities found in our current system make this a fascinating book. It is an entertaining, yet thought provoking discussion of one of the most important issues facing Americans today. Skvarla proposes several common-sense reforms of our present-health care system. They include reallocating tax benefits, reforming the tort system, & above all, making patients more knowledgeable about their own treatment & what it costs. Order from Signal Books, P.O. Box 940, Carrboro, NC 27510. 1-800-266-5204 or 919-929-5985.Frank Elliott is the author of 'Listen to Us, We're Not That Stupid: The People's Prescription for What Really Ails America's Health Care System' with ISBN 9780930095284 and ISBN 0930095286.