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The White Flu: Physicians on Strike

Award winning medicolegal thriller prophesizing a physician's strike as the healthcare system, stressed and overloaded by swine flu, lawsuit abuse and corruption, teeters on the razor's edge of destruction. The American healthcare system is world class, yet failing. Failing to alleviate the suffering of the patient. Failing to free the physician to effectively render treatment. Skyrocketing insurance premiums and co-pays, HMO claim rejections and refusals to authorize treatment, crippling malpractice premiums and burgeoning red tape finally push Florida physicians to act. Dr. William Coltrane, president of the Bay Area Medical Society, embarks on a crusade to reform the system and forestall the ruin of his beloved profession. Organizing frustrated physicians into a powerful labor union, he battles on behalf of their patients against HMOs, insurance plans and government bureaucracy. Negotiations fail, and a citywide doctor's strike, civil litigation and federal anti-trust actions ensue.

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Product Details:
Author: Adrian Philips MD
Paperback: 596 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: September 23, 2009
Language: English
ISBN: 1439246599
Product Length: 6.0 inches
Product Width: 9.02 inches
Product Height: 1.21 inches
Product Weight: 1.73 pounds
Package Length: 9.0 inches
Package Width: 6.0 inches
Package Height: 1.35 inches
Package Weight: 2.17 pounds
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5Action and penetrating social commentary  Dec 22, 2009
By Happy Doc
This is a fictionalized accounting of the current crisis in health care. Years of lobbying have not produced any results, and I applaud Adrian Phiips, MD for turning to an artistic media to get the message through. This is a real page turner as well as an incisive and well informed commentary on the problems of third party payers and particularly HMOs. The characters are real and sympathetic and the chase through the islands dramatic. I would recommend this to anyone who would wish to gain a deeper understanding of our current crisis.
Happy Doc, Monterey, California

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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