The Great American Medical Show
Bernard M. Patten
What happens when a seasoned physician pulls back the curtain on America's health care system?
Dr. Bernard M. Patten has lived medicine from every angle: patient, doctor, advocate, and critic. With wit, candor, and unflinching honesty, he takes readers on an eye-opening journey through decades of encounters that reveal both the brilliance and the failures of modern medicine.
From the golden age of doctor-patient trust to today's labyrinth of insurance denials, inflated costs, over-testing, and medical quackery, Patten exposes a system where profits too often come before patients. Along the way, he shares vivid stories about hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, and the people caught in between.
This book is a call for clarity, skepticism, and empowerment. Readers will come away better prepared to navigate the complexities of American healthcare, armed with knowledge, perspective, and a critical eye. If you want to understand what went wrong with the most expensive health care system in the world, The Great American Medical Show will inform, provoke, and inspire.
Duration - 8h 5m.
Author - Bernard M. Patten.
Narrator - Gregory V. Diehl.
Published Date - Sunday, 19 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Bernard Patten ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Bernard M. Patten
Gregory V. Diehl
Identity Publications
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
What happens when a seasoned physician pulls back the curtain on America's health care system? Dr. Bernard M. Patten has lived medicine from every angle: patient, doctor, advocate, and critic. With wit, candor, and unflinching honesty, he takes readers on an eye-opening journey through decades of encounters that reveal both the brilliance and the failures of modern medicine. From the golden age of doctor-patient trust to today's labyrinth of insurance denials, inflated costs, over-testing, and medical quackery, Patten exposes a system where profits too often come before patients. Along the way, he shares vivid stories about hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, and the people caught in between. This book is a call for clarity, skepticism, and empowerment. Readers will come away better prepared to navigate the complexities of American healthcare, armed with knowledge, perspective, and a critical eye. If you want to understand what went wrong with the most expensive health care system in the world, The Great American Medical Show will inform, provoke, and inspire. Duration - 8h 5m. Author - Bernard M. Patten. Narrator - Gregory V. Diehl. Published Date - Sunday, 19 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Bernard Patten ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:16
Preface
Duration:00:12:42
Encounter One
Duration:00:14:22
Encounter Two
Duration:00:07:31
Encounter Three
Duration:00:28:20
Encounter Four
Duration:00:10:52
Encounter Five
Duration:00:01:44
Encounter Six
Duration:00:17:36
Encounter Seven
Duration:00:07:21
Encounter Eight
Duration:00:16:21
Encounter Nine
Duration:00:05:02
Encounter Ten
Duration:00:04:48
Encounter Eleven
Duration:00:03:39
Encounter Twelve
Duration:00:02:56
Encounter Thirteen
Duration:00:07:15
Encounter Fourteen
Duration:00:04:52
Encounter Fifteen
Duration:00:21:02
Encounter Sixteen
Duration:00:19:45
Encounter Seventeen
Duration:00:17:52
Now We Pause for a Strange Interlude
Duration:01:51:00
Part Two
Duration:00:48:15
Modern Encounter One
Duration:00:33:06
Modern Encounter Two
Duration:00:04:13
Modern Encounter Three
Duration:00:12:44
Modern Encounter Four
Duration:00:57:13
Modern Encounter Five
Duration:00:01:33
Modern Encounter Six
Duration:00:03:49
Encounter the Last
Duration:00:07:43
Vale
Duration:00:01:12
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:15