Everyone knows our healthcare is dysfunctional.

Some understand the root causes.

This book offers concrete solutions.

You would think that a healthcare system costing $5.3 trillion annually would deliver care that its customers would be ecstatic about.

It is truly amazing how a system so expensive can deliver so poorly in both health outcomes and customer satisfaction. Conversely, how can patients be made to pay so much for such substandard care?

Interestingly, all stakeholders in our healthcare system enjoy full free-market rights, except patients and physicians. It makes patients vulnerable to exploitation. Restoring the free market rights of patients is key to reforming our healthcare 

In these pages, you’ll discover practical, actionable, and admittedly bold steps required to fix our healthcare marketplace, along with the rationale behind each suggestion. These are not based on ideology, but real-world experience in healthcare and sound economic principles.

Hopefully, this book will motivate you to demand that our politicians and policymakers prioritize your interests over those of their donors, so that our healthcare system can work well for all Americans.

John Doe, MD, MBA, is a fictional name with real credentials, a wealth of experience, and enviable success in the US healthcare system.