Medical Politics: How to Protect Yourself from Bad Doctors, Insurance Companies, and Big Government

Medical Politics: How to Protect Yourself from Bad Doctors, Insurance Companies, and Big Government

by Stephen Soloway MD
Medical Politics: How to Protect Yourself from Bad Doctors, Insurance Companies, and Big Government

Medical Politics: How to Protect Yourself from Bad Doctors, Insurance Companies, and Big Government

by Stephen Soloway MD

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Overview

One of America’s top doctors rips the Band-Aid off to expose the American health care system
 
Legislation written by drug and insurance companies, malpractice by corrupt and incompetent doctors, misguided and dishonest medical policy—the reality may be worse than you feared, and Medical Politics exposes all the secrets of a dirty American health care industry.

Written by Stephen Soloway, one of America’s top rheumatologists and a former appointee to Donald Trump’s President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, this expose provides an inside look at how medical decisions are lobbied and money influences policy at the highest levels, explains how recent and upcoming medical policies will affect common Americans, and gives recommendations for a better American medical system.

Featuring the author's personal letters to dirty insurance companies and other figures in the industry, Medical Politics takes readers inside Dr. Soloway's fight against Big Pharma and Big Insurance in search of better care for his patients. The result is shocking indictment of the American medical system from an insider—and charts a path for Americans to better advocate for themselves.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781510774650
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 11/22/2022
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Originally from New York City, Dr. Stephen Soloway completed undergraduate studies at Stony Brook University. In pursuit of his dream to be a physician, he attended the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Montserrat, British West Indies, London, England, Boston, MA, and Omaha, NE, with postgraduate training at Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Misericordia Hospital Division (both in Philadelphia), Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.

Dr. Soloway has dedicated his life to helping patients and colleagues for decades. He's had patients visit him from fifty countries and nearly one hundred US cities. Dr. Soloway’s devotion to patients’ needs has earned him perennial Top Doc awards for nearly two decades, and he is regarded as one of the leaders in the Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware area for Rheumatologic care. His credentials are as follows: 
  • Chairman Department of Rheumatology Division of Internal Medicine Inspira Health Network
  • Clinical Associate Professor Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctor
  • Philadelphia Magazine and Inside Jersey magazine Top Doctor
As an industry leader he sat on numerous boards and panels within the pharmacology industry along with national advisory panels for all major companies involved in arthritis or osteoporosis research. He is known within the medical community as a medical detective and will proudly announce, "If I can't fix you, I will get someone that can." His vast experience is second to none. He has been board certified in Internal Medicine since 1991 and Rheumatology since 1993 with specialized certificates in Osteoporosis. He Chairs the Department of Rheumatology Division of Internal Medicine Inspira Health Network. 

Dr. Soloway is involved in arthritis and osteoporosis treatment and has a passion for injecting joints and treating gout. Currently, he has nine patents approved or pending—in the US and abroad—related to needles and injection techniques that he has perfected over his career. Among his publications, he is most proud of the discovery of gout and pseudogout in artificial joints, and a rare disease article on “Behcets disease.” Dr. Soloway enjoys giving back to the community through charity and by teaching patients and doctors. He lives in Cumberland County, New Jersey.
 

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Landscape of Healthcare Sean Weiss xi

Introduction: Raw Truth xix

1 Medical Ethics (Not!) 1

2 Bad Government 13

3 Bad Hospitals and Poorly Trained Doctors 35

4 Bad Pharma 53

5 Bad Insurance 61

6 Fighting for My Patients 75

7 The "Peer-To-Peer," Preauthorization, and More Insurance Incompetence 95

8 What Makes a Good Doctor? 125

9 Beyond Medicine 139

10 Rheumatology for Dummies 151

11 Orthopedics for Dummies 189

About the Author 205

Acknowledgments 207

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