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Expert Says Stop Spending Your Hard Earned Cash on the Broken Medical Health Care System
Local author Dr. Cynthia Haines to sign books at Patch Sponsored Event Saturday at Deer Creek Coffee.
Meet the author 9-11 a.m. Saturday at Deer Creek Coffee in Ladue. Dr. Cynthia Haines will be signing copies of her book that day. The Ladue-Frontenac Patch is sponsoring this event, and free coffee will be available, courtesy of Patch.
A leading doctor and health journalist offer a riveting exposé on how consumers can take control of their health care, save money and become healthier than ever. Tired of paying too much for health care? Fed up with skyrocketing fees and treatments that are growing out of reach?
Dr. Cynthia Haines, chief medical officer of HealthDay News and president of Haines Medical Communications, Inc., said about $700 billion of the annual health care tab in the United States is wasted on factors such as unnecessary care, medical mistakes, preventable conditions and lack of coordination between health providers.
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In her new book, The New Prescription: How to Get the Best Health Care in a Broken System, Dr. Haines reveals some of the most egregious problems with a medical system gone awry, opening readers' eyes about how to better navigate the changes underway. Using research and insiders' insights, she offers cost-effective and potentially life-saving ways to get more out of health care while using less of it.
In her book, Dr. Haines, with the help of health writer, Eric Metcalf, M.P.H, shows us how to take back responsibility for our health care, find the right allies, make sound health care choices, and shop for the best treatments.
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What is asked of readers in this timely new book is: How do we know the difference between the problems that the health care system can and cannot change? Dr. Haines and Metcalf teach us:
- Cost-effective ways to prevent and treat the most common and expensive diseases and symptoms
- How to find the right primary-care physician; a proven ally to simplify our care and lower health-care costs
- Which conditions allow for a wait-and-see approach and which require proactive steps.
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