🩺 Health Reform

Tackling the systemic overhaul of healthcare delivery and policy, these books grapple with what a more effective, equitable system could look like and what stands in the way.

Medicare for All

by Abdul El-Sayed • 2021

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

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349

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

Medicare for All 92%

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

by Abdul El-Sayed 2021

4.36

349 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care

by Sally C. Pipes • 2008

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

3.54

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care 91%

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

by Sally C. Pipes 2008

3.54

24 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

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2k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Our Malady 91%

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

by Timothy Snyder 2020

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition

by Thomas Bodenheimer • 2012

Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.

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201

🏛️ Health Policy 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏥 U.S. Healthcare 🚪 Access To Care 🔧 Quality Improvement

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition Summary

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition 91%

Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.

by Thomas Bodenheimer 2012

4.07

201 ratings

🏛️ Health Policy 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏥 U.S. Healthcare 🚪 Access To Care 🔧 Quality Improvement

The Primal Prescription

by Doug McGuff • 2015

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

4.24

131

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

The Primal Prescription 91%

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

by Doug McGuff 2015

4.24

131 ratings

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

Redefining Health Care

by Michael E. Porter • 2006

US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.

3.91

397

🏥 Healthcare Strategy 💰 Health Economics ♟️ Competitive Strategy 📏 Outcome Measurement 🔄 Care Delivery Reform

Redefining Health Care 91%

US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.

by Michael E. Porter 2006

3.91

397 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Strategy 💰 Health Economics ♟️ Competitive Strategy 📏 Outcome Measurement 🔄 Care Delivery Reform

We've Got You Covered

by Liran Einav • 2023

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

4.09

386

🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

We've Got You Covered 91%

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

by Liran Einav 2023

4.09

386 ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

An American Sickness

by Elisabeth Rosenthal • 2017

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

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🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

An American Sickness 90%

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

Managing the Myths of Health Care

by Henry Mintzberg • 2017

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

3.47

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

Managing the Myths of Health Care Summary

Managing the Myths of Health Care 90%

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

by Henry Mintzberg 2017

3.47

74 ratings

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary • 2019

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

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4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Price We Pay 90%

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

by Marty Makary 2019

4.45

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

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1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Doctored 90%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

One Nation, Uninsured

by Jill Quadagno • 2005

Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.

3.61

123

🏥 Health Care Policy 📜 Public Health History 🏛️ Interest-Group Politics ⚖️ Racial Health Disparities 💊 Medicare And Medicaid

One Nation, Uninsured 90%

Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.

by Jill Quadagno 2005

3.61

123 ratings

🏥 Health Care Policy 📜 Public Health History 🏛️ Interest-Group Politics ⚖️ Racial Health Disparities 💊 Medicare And Medicaid

The Innovator's Prescription

by Clayton M. Christensen • 2008

Three incompatible business models live inside every hospital. Separating them is the cure.

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🏥 Healthcare Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 🧬 Precision Medicine 🔄 Business Model Innovation 💰 Value-Based Care

The Innovator's Prescription 90%

Three incompatible business models live inside every hospital. Separating them is the cure.

by Clayton M. Christensen 2008

4.20

1k+ ratings

🏥 Healthcare Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 🧬 Precision Medicine 🔄 Business Model Innovation 💰 Value-Based Care

Sickening

by John Abramson • 2022

$4,500 extra per American each year for worse health. Drug companies control what doctors believe.

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🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏥 American Healthcare 📋 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔍 Data Transparency 💊 Pharma Marketing

Sickening 90%

$4,500 extra per American each year for worse health. Drug companies control what doctors believe.

by John Abramson 2022

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏥 American Healthcare 📋 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔍 Data Transparency 💊 Pharma Marketing

The Two Percent Solution

by Matt Miller • 2003

America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.

3.98

🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

The Two Percent Solution 89%

America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.

by Matt Miller 2003

3.98

89 ratings

🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

Thinking Outside the Pill Box

by Ty Vincent MD • 2012

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

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🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

Thinking Outside the Pill Box 89%

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

by Ty Vincent MD 2012

3.71

7 ratings

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

How to Be a Patient

by Sana Goldberg • 2019

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

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203

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors 📖 Health Literacy 🛡️ Preventive Healthcare

How to Be a Patient 89%

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

by Sana Goldberg 2019

4.10

203 ratings

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors 📖 Health Literacy 🛡️ Preventive Healthcare

Your Life in My Hands

by Rachel Clarke • 2017

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

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🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

Your Life in My Hands 89%

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

by Rachel Clarke 2017

3.78

4k+ ratings

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

How to Make a Killing

by Tom Mueller • 2023

America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.

3.92

461

🏥 For-Profit Healthcare 📰 Corporate Exposé ⚖️ Healthcare Disparities 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚕️ Medical Ethics

How to Make a Killing 89%

America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.

by Tom Mueller 2023

3.92

461 ratings

🏥 For-Profit Healthcare 📰 Corporate Exposé ⚖️ Healthcare Disparities 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚕️ Medical Ethics

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

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4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

The People's Hospital 89%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

Unaccountable

by Marty Makary • 2012

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

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🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

Unaccountable 89%

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

by Marty Makary 2012

4.29

2k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

New Abnormal

by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

4.38

148

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

New Abnormal 89%

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

by Aaron Kheriaty 2022

4.38

148 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

To Repair the World

by Paul Farmer • 2013

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

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🏥 Global Health Equity 🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🌱 Pragmatic Idealism 🩺 Grassroots Healthcare

To Repair the World 89%

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

by Paul Farmer 2013

4.11

1k+ ratings

🏥 Global Health Equity 🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🌱 Pragmatic Idealism 🩺 Grassroots Healthcare

Fragmented Democracy

by Jamila Michener • 2018

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

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120

🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality 🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters 🔗 Race And Poverty

Fragmented Democracy 89%

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

by Jamila Michener 2018

4.23

120 ratings

🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality 🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters 🔗 Race And Poverty

Deep Medicine

by Eric J. Topol • 2019

AI reads scans better than radiologists. The surprise: your doctor finally has time to listen.

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3k+

🤖 Medical Ai 🖥️ Digital Health 🏥 Healthcare Reform 🧬 Personalized Medicine 📊 Data-Driven Medicine

Deep Medicine 89%

AI reads scans better than radiologists. The surprise: your doctor finally has time to listen.

by Eric J. Topol 2019

4.01

3k+ ratings

🤖 Medical Ai 🖥️ Digital Health 🏥 Healthcare Reform 🧬 Personalized Medicine 📊 Data-Driven Medicine

Management Principles for Health Professionals

by Joan Gratto Liebler • 1992

Change keeps coming for healthcare. The playbook for keeping quality, team, and budget intact.

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🏥 Healthcare Management 🗺️ Strategic Planning 🔄 Change Management 📈 Quality Improvement 🏛️ Organizational Design

Management Principles for Health Professionals Summary

Management Principles for Health Professionals 88%

Change keeps coming for healthcare. The playbook for keeping quality, team, and budget intact.

by Joan Gratto Liebler 1992

3.64

36 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Management 🗺️ Strategic Planning 🔄 Change Management 📈 Quality Improvement 🏛️ Organizational Design

The Great Cholesterol Con

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2007

Cholesterol took the fall. Chronic stress and social breakdown are the true causes of heart disease.

4.23

879

🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism 🏛️ Medical Orthodoxy 😰 Stress And Health 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 💊 Statins Controversy

The Great Cholesterol Con 88%

Cholesterol took the fall. Chronic stress and social breakdown are the true causes of heart disease.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2007

4.23

879 ratings

🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism 🏛️ Medical Orthodoxy 😰 Stress And Health 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 💊 Statins Controversy

Undoctored

by William Davis • 2017

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

4.14

1k+

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets 🦠 Gut Microbiome 📉 Low-Carb Diets

Undoctored 88%

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

by William Davis 2017

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets 🦠 Gut Microbiome 📉 Low-Carb Diets

Social Determinants of Health

by Alan Davidson • 2014

Why some countries are healthier than others: the answer lies in politics, not medicine.

3.92

🩺 Public Health 🔬 Social Epidemiology ⚖️ Health Inequities 👶 Life-Course Health 💰 Political Economy

Social Determinants of Health 88%

Why some countries are healthier than others: the answer lies in politics, not medicine.

by Alan Davidson 2014

3.92

26 ratings

🩺 Public Health 🔬 Social Epidemiology ⚖️ Health Inequities 👶 Life-Course Health 💰 Political Economy

Results

by Charlie Baker • 2022

A governor's playbook for fixing bureaucracy: capable people, honest data, relentless execution.

3.80

🏛️ Public Administration 🔧 Government Reform ⚙️ Execution 📊 Data-Driven Decisions 🚨 Crisis Management

Results 88%

A governor's playbook for fixing bureaucracy: capable people, honest data, relentless execution.

by Charlie Baker 2022

3.80

89 ratings

🏛️ Public Administration 🔧 Government Reform ⚙️ Execution 📊 Data-Driven Decisions 🚨 Crisis Management

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

4.06

1k+

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Uncontrolled Spread 88%

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

World Without Cancer

by G. Edward Griffin • 1974

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

4.31

495

🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

World Without Cancer 88%

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

by G. Edward Griffin 1974

4.31

495 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

Mountains Beyond Mountains

by Tracy Kidder • 2003

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

4.20

89k+

🌍 Global Health Equity 🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique ✝️ Liberation Theology 🏥 Social Medicine

Mountains Beyond Mountains 88%

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

by Tracy Kidder 2003

4.20

89k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health Equity 🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique ✝️ Liberation Theology 🏥 Social Medicine

A More Perfect Constitution

by Larry J. Sabato • 2007

Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.

3.66

335

🏛️ Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚖️ Judicial Reform ⚔️ War Powers 💰 Fiscal Responsibility

A More Perfect Constitution 88%

Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.

by Larry J. Sabato 2007

3.66

335 ratings

🏛️ Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚖️ Judicial Reform ⚔️ War Powers 💰 Fiscal Responsibility

The Social Determinants of Health

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

4.19

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health Summary

The Social Determinants of Health 88%

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017

4.19

37 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know about

by Kevin Trudeau • 2004

Your illness is someone's retirement plan. The low-cost cures they buried.

3.14

2k+

💊 Medical Skepticism 🍔 Food Industry Deception 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🌿 Holistic Healing 🍵 Detoxification

Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know about Summary

Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know about 88%

Your illness is someone's retirement plan. The low-cost cures they buried.

by Kevin Trudeau 2004

3.14

2k+ ratings

💊 Medical Skepticism 🍔 Food Industry Deception 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🌿 Holistic Healing 🍵 Detoxification

Get What's Yours for Medicare

by Philip Moeller • 2016

Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.

3.84

258

🏥 Medicare Navigation 🛡️ Health Insurance 📢 Consumer Advocacy 📋 Retirement Planning 💰 Healthcare Costs

Get What's Yours for Medicare 88%

Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.

by Philip Moeller 2016

3.84

258 ratings

🏥 Medicare Navigation 🛡️ Health Insurance 📢 Consumer Advocacy 📋 Retirement Planning 💰 Healthcare Costs

The Divided Welfare State

by Jacob S. Hacker • 2002

America didn't skip the welfare state. It hid it in tax breaks and employer benefits.

3.70

🏛️ Welfare State 🔄 Path Dependence 🏢 Private Welfare 💰 Tax Subsidies 🏫 Historical Institutionalism

The Divided Welfare State 88%

America didn't skip the welfare state. It hid it in tax breaks and employer benefits.

by Jacob S. Hacker 2002

3.70

60 ratings

🏛️ Welfare State 🔄 Path Dependence 🏢 Private Welfare 💰 Tax Subsidies 🏫 Historical Institutionalism

A Letter to Liberals

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

4.39

359

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

A Letter to Liberals 88%

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022

4.39

359 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

War on Ivermectin

by Pierre Kory • 2023

A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.

4.68

304

🏭 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🦠 Early Covid Treatment 🔇 Scientific Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📢 Medical Whistleblowing

War on Ivermectin 88%

A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.

by Pierre Kory 2023

4.68

304 ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🦠 Early Covid Treatment 🔇 Scientific Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📢 Medical Whistleblowing

Limits to Medicine

by Ivan Illich • 1974

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

4.04

612

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

Limits to Medicine 88%

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

by Ivan Illich 1974

4.04

612 ratings

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

Ending Parkinson's Disease

by Ray Dorsey • 2020

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

4.31

328

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

Ending Parkinson's Disease 88%

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

by Ray Dorsey 2020

4.31

328 ratings

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

Drug Dealer, MD

by Anna Lembke • 2016

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

4.00

1k+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Drug Dealer, MD 88%

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

by Anna Lembke 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Time to Think

by Hannah Barnes • 2023

A children's gender clinic gave puberty blockers, tracked nothing, and silenced its own staff.

4.33

1k+

🏥 Gender Medicine ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Healthcare Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Time to Think 88%

A children's gender clinic gave puberty blockers, tracked nothing, and silenced its own staff.

by Hannah Barnes 2023

4.33

1k+ ratings

🏥 Gender Medicine ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Healthcare Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Follow the Science

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2024

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

4.25

569

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

Follow the Science 88%

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2024

4.25

569 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

The Care We Dream Of

by Zena Sharman • 2021

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

4.37

211

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

The Care We Dream Of 88%

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

by Zena Sharman 2021

4.37

211 ratings

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

A Statin Nation

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2019

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

4.61

282

🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism 🥩 Dietary Fat Defense ☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency

A Statin Nation 88%

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2019

4.61

282 ratings

🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism 🥩 Dietary Fat Defense ☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency

Sugar Nation

by Jeff O'Connell • 2011

After a prediabetes diagnosis, one journalist found a reversal protocol his doctor never mentioned.

3.55

822

🫀 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 💉 Insulin Resistance 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🏃 Exercise And Health

Sugar Nation 88%

After a prediabetes diagnosis, one journalist found a reversal protocol his doctor never mentioned.

by Jeff O'Connell 2011

3.55

822 ratings

🫀 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 💉 Insulin Resistance 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🏃 Exercise And Health

Blind Spots

by Marty Makary • 2024

Peanut avoidance caused an epidemic. Hormone therapy wrongly abandoned. The errors follow a pattern.

4.34

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🔒 Medical Dogma 🔄 Medical Reversals 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Scientific Dissent 🏢 Institutional Arrogance

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