Sick to Debt

“Weaving together wonderful stories and rigorous research, Peter Ubel reveals why making patients better health care consumers is tremendously difficult and what—besides more ‘skin in the game’—is necessary to make them better at shopping for medical care.”—Ezekiel J. Emanuel, author of Prescription for the Future

"The best book on health care reform in a generation. Peter Ubel shows how to help patients, which is to say all of us, above all by enabling people to make good decisions. He points the way toward saving a ton of money—and a lot of lives."—Cass R. Sunstein, coauthor of Nudge

“Peter Ubel is one of the most important voices in improving health care decisions. In this highly readable book, he balances descriptive case examples with clear exposition of the concepts, and his voice is strong and euphonious.”—Alan Schwartz, University of Illinois at Chicago
 

"Sick to Debt exposes the problems that arise when policy makers assume healthcare markets work like typical consumer markets. Weaving together exploration of behavioral science with observations of actual doctor-patient interactions, Ubel’s engaging book challenges us to rethink American healthcare."—George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University
 

“Medical care leaves many people drowning in debt. Peter Ubel shows why it is naïve to think that patients are empowered by paying more for care and how to design smarter markets for medicine. Few topics are more important or handled by more of an expert.”—David Cutler, Harvard University