Tuesday, February 9, 2010

New addition to the Book Club

What would happen if there was an earthquake in an American community, the Red Cross came into town and provided disaster relief, but a couple of months later everyone got a bill for those services, marked up tenfold, and people who couldn’t pay were sued? There would be outrage; it wouldn’t be tolerated. But that is what happens to the uninsured at nonprofit hospitals every day. Do No Harm is the story of a doctor and an accountant who brought attention to the finances of their local Georgia hospital. For a review of this movie and other works, at least marginally about health policy, check out the CT Health Policy Project Book Club.