Reddit reviews Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It

I'm really surprised that no one has linked the two major pieces of journalism that have re-sparked this debate:

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us By Steven Brill

Catastrophic Care by David Goldhill

Here is a video of the two discussing the healthcare system on Fareed Zakaria's GPS.

Here is a radio interview of Stephen Brill discussing his findings in more depth with Diane Rehm. Here is the transcript.

I'd very strongly recommend you at least watch the video if you are interested in this topic.

Teaser: The core of the problem is that buyers (other than Medicare) have no market power. People with emergency situations or life-threatening illnesses do not usually have choice in the market. In such a situation, markets cannot function efficiently. Example: hospitals have up to 100x price markup on common medicines.

Here's a much better telling of a similar story than I could do on my phone:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0307961540/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/178-3047458-7974958