. . . the book should not be published . . . garbage . . . BS . . . crap . . . dishonest . . . the worst writing on nursing homes I have have ever read . . .
--but TLG was published and it received the George C. Polk award. That the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Long-Term Care would try to kill a book may tell volumes about the health care debate today.
What Mary Adelaide showed was the problem of ownership-mortgage tricks organized crime, and a government that was co-opted, corrupted, or incompetent. She showed that the crooks were moving into other areas of health care.
Did these things disappear one night in 1998?
Today, amidst the health care debate, people cry out "Why is health care so expensive?" Politicians shrug. But health care is a $3 trillion industry, with fraud estimated at 14% to 25%--$450 to $750 billion--what is the answer?
Tender Loving Greed is a relevant today as ever. It won't give specific answers, but it will open your eyes to a systemic problem few talk about. Arguably there are those in Congress who know, but then why the silence?
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