{"product_id":"american-health-who-gets-paid","title":"American Health — Who Gets Paid","description":"Why does American health care cost so much and still fail to deliver health?\nAmerican Health — Who Gets Paid examines the pricing system that quietly governs U.S. medicine—and explains why what gets paid for gets done. Rather than focusing on politics, personalities, or technology, the book looks at the underlying economics of medical work: how care is valued, who sets those values, and how payment rules shape clinical behavior, institutional priorities, and innovation.\nThe book explains how RVUs, billing codes, and closed-door valuation processes reward procedural intervention while systematically undervaluing prevention, judgment, continuity of care, and long-term accountability. It shows why innovation that improves outcomes often fails to scale—not because it doesn’t work, but because it threatens existing revenue streams. And it reframes physician burnout not as a personal resilience problem, but as a predictable consequence of being paid for volume while held responsible for outcomes.\n\nAs artificial intelligence and modern data systems make upstream care more effective and more visible, the book argues that the current payment model is becoming economically unsustainable. A system designed for episodic, acute care is now misaligned with a world dominated by chronic disease, long time horizons, and continuous risk management.\nThis book is written for clinicians, policymakers, employers, and anyone trying to understand why the U.S. health system behaves the way it does. It does not offer partisan solutions or technical quick fixes. Instead, it provides a clear diagnosis of the economic architecture underneath American medicine—and explains why meaningful reform must begin with pricing, not politics.\nAmerican Health — Who Gets Paid is the first book in the American Health series, which moves from diagnosis to design in reimagining a modern U.S. health system.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0GDYWHT93\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.B0GDYWHT93.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Blackstone MD, Robin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition.  Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45989673238725,"sku":"LFV.B0GDYWHT93.VG","price":8.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/B0GDYWHT93-0.jpg?v=1774112198","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/american-health-who-gets-paid","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}