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Treat Your Own Back

by Robin McKenzie OBE CNZM ...

Narrated by Catherine Popert ...

Unabridged

2 hours 46 min

This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating back and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer. First in the best-selling " Treat Your Own" Series, written by internationally-acclaimed Physiotherapist Robin Mckenzie OBE CNZM, this book distils the essence of the McKenzie method(R) of ... Read more

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This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating back and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer. First in the best-selling " Treat Your Own" Series, written by internationally-acclaimed Physiotherapist Robin Mckenzie OBE CNZM, this book distils the essence of the McKenzie method(R) of
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The Black Death

A Global History of Humanity's Most Devastating Pandemic

by Thomas Asbridge ...

Narrated by Thomas Asbridge, Justin Avoth ...

Unabridged

19 hours 1 min

“A magisterial history” (The Guardian) of humanity’s greatest natural disaster—the Black Death—that reveals the true global impact and terrible human cost of this calamity, from the renowned author of The Crusades and The Greatest Knight.“Terrific—and truly terrifying. Thomas Asbridge puts a human face—or rather multiple faces—on the Black Death.”—Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.In the mid ... Read more

$41.00 CAD

“A magisterial history” (The Guardian) of humanity’s greatest natural disaster—the Black Death—that reveals the true global impact and terrible human cost of this calamity, from the renowned author of The Crusades and The Greatest Knight.“Terrific—and truly terrifying. Thomas Asbridge puts a human face—or rather multiple faces—on the Black Death.”—Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.In the mid
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La Mort en face

by Philippe Boxho ...

Narrated by Philippe Boxho ...

Unabridged

6 hours 58 min

« Ce qui a motivé mon choix de la médecine légale ? Le hasard. J’avais 18 ans, l’âge où tout est possible, et la prêtrise me tentait beaucoup, j’adorais étudier les évangiles, rencontrer les gens, aider ceux qui en avaient besoin, et je me sentais prêt à m’y engager. Mais j’ai choisi de faire des études de médecine et au terme de ma première année, j’ai croisé l’évêque de Liège, que je connaissais ... Read more

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« Ce qui a motivé mon choix de la médecine légale ? Le hasard. J’avais 18 ans, l’âge où tout est possible, et la prêtrise me tentait beaucoup, j’adorais étudier les évangiles, rencontrer les gens, aider ceux qui en avaient besoin, et je me sentais prêt à m’y engager. Mais j’ai choisi de faire des études de médecine et au terme de ma première année, j’ai croisé l’évêque de Liège, que je connaissais
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A Midwife’s Tale

The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ...

Narrated by Susan Ericksen ...

Unabridged

15 hours 42 min

Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.Between 1785 and 1812, a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in twenty-seven years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in ... Read more

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Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.Between 1785 and 1812, a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in twenty-seven years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in
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Healthy Buildings

How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity

by Joseph G. Allen, John D. Macomber ...

Narrated by Adam Lofbomm ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

From our offices and homes to schools, hospitals, and restaurants, the indoor spaces where we work, learn, play, eat, and heal have an outsized impact on our performance and well-being. They affect our creativity, focus, and problem-solving ability and can make us sick—jeopardizing our future and dragging down profits in the process.Joseph Allen and John Macomber make a compelling case in this ... Read more

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From our offices and homes to schools, hospitals, and restaurants, the indoor spaces where we work, learn, play, eat, and heal have an outsized impact on our performance and well-being. They affect our creativity, focus, and problem-solving ability and can make us sick—jeopardizing our future and dragging down profits in the process.Joseph Allen and John Macomber make a compelling case in this
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Stiff

The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach ...

Narrated by Shelly Frasier ...

Unabridged

8 hours

An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.For 2,000 years, cadavers—some willingly, some unwittingly—have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and ... Read more

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An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.For 2,000 years, cadavers—some willingly, some unwittingly—have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and
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Health for All

A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada

by Jane Philpott ...

Narrated by Jane Philpott ...

Unabridged

9 hours 1 min

**An Instant #1 National BestsellerFinalist for the Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political WritingFrom one of Canada's most respected and high-profile health professionals (and former federal Minister of Health), a timely, practical, ambitious, and deeply personal call for action on health that sets out the roadmap to our future well-being.**Jane Philpott has spent her life learning ... Read more

$34.95 CAD

**An Instant #1 National BestsellerFinalist for the Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political WritingFrom one of Canada's most respected and high-profile health professionals (and former federal Minister of Health), a timely, practical, ambitious, and deeply personal call for action on health that sets out the roadmap to our future well-being.**Jane Philpott has spent her life learning
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The Song of the Cell

An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris ...

Unabridged

16 hours 3 min

Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</... ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</...
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Paradis perdus

La Traversée des temps, tome 1

by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt ...

Narrated by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt ...

Series Audiobook 1 - La Traversée des temps
Unabridged

18 hours 6 min

Cette Traversée des temps affronte un prodigieux défi : raconter l’histoire de l’humanité sous la forme d’un roman. Faire défiler les siècles, en embrasser les âges, en sentir les bouleversements, comme si Yuval Noah Harari avait croisé Alexandre Dumas. Depuis plus de trente ans, ce projet titanesque occupe Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Accumulant connaissances scientifiques, médicales, religieuses, ... Read more

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Cette Traversée des temps affronte un prodigieux défi : raconter l’histoire de l’humanité sous la forme d’un roman. Faire défiler les siècles, en embrasser les âges, en sentir les bouleversements, comme si Yuval Noah Harari avait croisé Alexandre Dumas. Depuis plus de trente ans, ce projet titanesque occupe Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Accumulant connaissances scientifiques, médicales, religieuses,
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The Poisoner's Handbook

Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

by Deborah Blum ...

Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very best mystery fiction, shares the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. In The Poisoner's Handbook, Blum draws from highly original research to track the fascinating, perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end ... Read more

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Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very best mystery fiction, shares the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. In The Poisoner's Handbook, Blum draws from highly original research to track the fascinating, perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end
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Les morts ont la parole

Suivi d'un entretien inédit avec l'auteur

by Philippe Boxho ...

Narrated by Philippe Boxho ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

Médecin légiste depuis plus de trente ans, le docteur Philippe Boxho nous fait découvrir dans cet ouvrage son quotidien fait de morts qui ne le sont pas toujours ou pas encore, de disparitions de cadavres, de dissimulations de meurtres, de suicides étonnants.De la scène de crime à la salle d’autopsie, entre pratique médicale et enquête policière, l’expert médico-légal nous raconte son métier, qui ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Médecin légiste depuis plus de trente ans, le docteur Philippe Boxho nous fait découvrir dans cet ouvrage son quotidien fait de morts qui ne le sont pas toujours ou pas encore, de disparitions de cadavres, de dissimulations de meurtres, de suicides étonnants.De la scène de crime à la salle d’autopsie, entre pratique médicale et enquête policière, l’expert médico-légal nous raconte son métier, qui
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Viruses, Plagues, and History

Past, Present, and Future

by Michael B. A. Oldstone ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

13 hours 38 min

The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses.Oldstone begins with smallpox, polio, and measles. Nearly 300 million people were killed by ... Read more

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The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses.Oldstone begins with smallpox, polio, and measles. Nearly 300 million people were killed by
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Dissolving Illusions

Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History 10th Anniversary Edition

by Roman Bystrianyk, Dr. Suzanne Humphries ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Roman E ...

Unabridged

15 hours 53 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unveil the concealed realities that shaped the Western world's health evolution, transitioning from an era overshadowed by the specter of infectious diseases to an epoch of prosperity, relative health, and well-being. Dive into the extended Dissolving Illusions: 10th Anniversary Edition, where you'll explore an additional 200+ pages, over 300 new ... Read more

$41.23 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unveil the concealed realities that shaped the Western world's health evolution, transitioning from an era overshadowed by the specter of infectious diseases to an epoch of prosperity, relative health, and well-being. Dive into the extended Dissolving Illusions: 10th Anniversary Edition, where you'll explore an additional 200+ pages, over 300 new
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The Ghost Map

by Steven Johnson ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

8 hours 38 min

A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that ... Read more

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A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that
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The Urge

Our History of Addiction

by Carl Erik Fisher ...

Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Boston GlobeAn authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction—a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched countless lives—by an addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and himself**“Carl Erik Fisher’s The Urge is the best-written and most incisive book I’ve ... Read more

$29.50 CAD

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Boston GlobeAn authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction—a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched countless lives—by an addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and himself**“Carl Erik Fisher’s The Urge is the best-written and most incisive book I’ve
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The Emperor of All Maladies

A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

27 hours 26 min

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 100 BOOK OF THE CENTURY * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIME ALL-TIME 100 NONFICTION BOOKUpdated with FOUR NEW MAJOR CHAPTERS illuminating the new developments in cancer detection, prevention, treatment, and understanding in the fifteen years since the book’s first publication, this New York Times bestseller is “an ... Read more

$55.99 CAD

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 100 BOOK OF THE CENTURY * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIME ALL-TIME 100 NONFICTION BOOKUpdated with FOUR NEW MAJOR CHAPTERS illuminating the new developments in cancer detection, prevention, treatment, and understanding in the fifteen years since the book’s first publication, this New York Times bestseller is “an
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The Doctors' Plague

Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis

by Sherwin B. Nuland ...

Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

Surgeon, scholar, bestselling author, Sherwin B. Nuland tells the strange story of Ignác Semmelweis with urgency and the insight gained from his own studies and clinical experience.Ignác Semmelweis is remembered for the now-commonplace notion that doctors must wash their hands before examining patients. In mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, however, this was a subversive idea. With deaths from ... Read more

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Surgeon, scholar, bestselling author, Sherwin B. Nuland tells the strange story of Ignác Semmelweis with urgency and the insight gained from his own studies and clinical experience.Ignác Semmelweis is remembered for the now-commonplace notion that doctors must wash their hands before examining patients. In mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, however, this was a subversive idea. With deaths from
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Medical Terminology For Dummies

3rd Edition

by Beverley Henderson, CMT-R, HRT, Jennifer L. Dorsey, PhD ...

Narrated by Randye Kaye ...

Unabridged

12 hours 40 min

Every job in the medical field needs some background in medical terminology. From the check-in desk to the doctor to the pharmaceutical sales rep, and everyone around and in between, healthcare professionals and those in adjacent fields use a common and consistent vocabulary to improve quality, safety, and efficiency.Medical Terminology For Dummies is a powerful resource for current and ... Read more

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Every job in the medical field needs some background in medical terminology. From the check-in desk to the doctor to the pharmaceutical sales rep, and everyone around and in between, healthcare professionals and those in adjacent fields use a common and consistent vocabulary to improve quality, safety, and efficiency.Medical Terminology For Dummies is a powerful resource for current and
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Maintenant ou jamais !

La transition du milieu de vie

by Christophe Fauré ...

Narrated by François Barruel ...

Unabridged

7 hours 45 min

Crise de la quarantaine ? De la cinquantaine ? Trop d’idées fausses circulent sur le milieu de la vie. Entre 40 et 55 ans, il ne s’agit pas d’une crise mais d’une transition, inévitable, riche en promesses et en opportunités. Afin d’envisager et de traverser sereinement cette étape essentielle de l’existence, il est important de bien comprendre ce qui se passe alors en nous.Avec la sensibilité qui ... Read more

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Crise de la quarantaine ? De la cinquantaine ? Trop d’idées fausses circulent sur le milieu de la vie. Entre 40 et 55 ans, il ne s’agit pas d’une crise mais d’une transition, inévitable, riche en promesses et en opportunités. Afin d’envisager et de traverser sereinement cette étape essentielle de l’existence, il est important de bien comprendre ce qui se passe alors en nous.Avec la sensibilité qui
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Où vont les larmes quand elles sèchent

by Baptiste Beaulieu ...

Narrated by Thomas Marceul ...

Unabridged

4 hours 51 min

Jean a trente-six ans. Il fume trop, mâche des chewing-gums à la menthe et fait ses visites de médecin de famille à vélo. Il a supprimé son numéro de portable sur ses ordonnances. Son cabinet médical n’a plus de site Internet. Il a trop de patients : jusqu’au soir, ils débordent de la salle d’attente, dans le couloir, sur le patio.Tous les jours, Jean entend des histoires. Parfois il les lit ... Read more

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Jean a trente-six ans. Il fume trop, mâche des chewing-gums à la menthe et fait ses visites de médecin de famille à vélo. Il a supprimé son numéro de portable sur ses ordonnances. Son cabinet médical n’a plus de site Internet. Il a trop de patients : jusqu’au soir, ils débordent de la salle d’attente, dans le couloir, sur le patio.Tous les jours, Jean entend des histoires. Parfois il les lit
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Medieval Bodies

Life and Death in the Middle Ages

by Jack Hartnell ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 min

Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different from our own, unfolding in a world where deadly wounds might be healed overnight by divine intervention, or where the heart of a king, plucked from his corpse, could be held ... Read more

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Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different from our own, unfolding in a world where deadly wounds might be healed overnight by divine intervention, or where the heart of a king, plucked from his corpse, could be held
... Read more
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Medical Downfall of the Tudors

Sex, Reproduction & Succession

by Sylvia Barbara Soberton ...

Narrated by Christine Rendel ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

The Tudor dynasty died out because there was no heir of Elizabeth I's body to succeed her. Henry VIII, despite his six marriages, had produced no legitimate son who would live into old age. Three of the reigning Tudors (Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I) died without heirs apparent, the most tragic case being that of Mary Tudor, who went through two recorded cases of phantom pregnancy. If it were ... Read more

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The Tudor dynasty died out because there was no heir of Elizabeth I's body to succeed her. Henry VIII, despite his six marriages, had produced no legitimate son who would live into old age. Three of the reigning Tudors (Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I) died without heirs apparent, the most tragic case being that of Mary Tudor, who went through two recorded cases of phantom pregnancy. If it were
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Bad Pharma

How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

by Ben Goldacre ...

Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that it's based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much ... Read more

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Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that it's based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much
... Read more
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Medicare for All

A Citizen's Guide

by Abdul El-Sayed, Micah Johnson ...

Narrated by Christopher Grove ...

Unabridged

8 hours 36 min

A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waiting.There are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as health care—and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the health care system at some point in their lives, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy, nineteen ... Read more

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A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waiting.There are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as health care—and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the health care system at some point in their lives, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy, nineteen
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