Patient or Pawn?: Epic fails in health care, the approaching perfect storm and strategies for self-preservation

We watched as a pandemic put America's health care system to the test. But the perfect storm of health care is yet to come. * In the approaching years and decades, more Americans will age and die than ever before in United States history. A lot more.* It is magical thinking to believe the ordinary rules of supply and demand don't apply to health care. They really do.* Leaving your own health care access and safety to chance--or in the hands of others--is folly. And dangerous.For decades, health care's policy makers and stakeholders have ignored America's inevitable aging demographics, the troubling spread of chronic medical conditions in all age groups and the mass exodus of health care professionals. They have no plans to address this looming crisis of health care access. In Patient or Pawn?, you'll learn the disturbing history of their epic fails; the indisputable facts of what's coming; and the critical self-preservation strategies you need now to protect your rights to informed consent, autonomy and safety.It's not surprising there's an unprecedented Elder Boom 70 years after an historic Baby Boom. Demography is destiny. * By 2030, there will be 17 million more seniors than today.* By 2035, half of today's health care workers will have retired. Patient or pawn? isn't a fix for America's health care system. It's a strategy for self-preservation in a perfect storm. The choice is yours. The time is now. Patient or pawn?