Code Blue, Mike Magee, MD
Code Blue, Mike Magee, MD
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Code Blue
Inside America’s Medical Industrial Complex

Author: Mike Magee, MD

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Unabridged: 14 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/04/2019


Synopsis

How has the United States, with more resources than any nation, developed a healthcare system that delivers much poorer results, at near double the cost of any other developed country—such that legendary seer Warren Buffett calls the Medical Industrial Complex "the tapeworm of American economic competitiveness"? Mike Magee, MD, who worked for years inside the Medical Industrial Complex administering a hospital and then as a senior executive at the giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer, has spent the last decade deconstructing the complex, often shocking rise of, and connectivity between, the pillars of our health system—Big Pharma, insurance companies, hospitals, the American Medical Association, and anyone affiliated with them. With an eye first and foremost on the bottom line rather than on the nation's health, each sector has for decades embraced cure over care, aiming to conquer disease rather than concentrate on the cultural and social factors that determine health. This decision Magee calls the "original sin" of our health system.

Code Blue is a riveting, character-driven narrative that draws back the curtain on the giant industry that consumes one out of every five American dollars.

About Mike Magee, MD

Mike Magee, MD, is a medical historian and journalist on the faculty of Presidents College at the University of Hartford. He has held similar roles at a range of academic institutions. He was a Honorary Master Scholar at the NYU School of Medicine and a Distinguished Alumnus award recipient at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Beginning as a country doctor in western New England, he rose to the highest level of his profession, holding senior executive positions at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, and as head of global medical affairs for Pfizer. He is editor of the blog HealthCommentary.org.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ell

Everything you should know about the Medical Industrial Complex in the United States in one riveting book! As a physician, former hospital administrator and former pharmaceutical executive, author Mike Magee takes us into the corporate world of one of the most complicated and costly industries in th......more

Goodreads review by Dan

As one who has luckily avoided the medical industrial complex for the most part, I still wonder how we got where we are with American health care, and why it's considered one of the worst systems in the world while also being the most expensive. Dr. Magee is an expert in his field, and he showcases h......more