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  The Shocking Truth about...

  Zoey Fraisers

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  Healthcare is one of the most essential pillars of modern society, yet it remains one of the most controversial and deeply flawed systems worldwide. While medical advancements have saved countless lives, the way healthcare is structured and delivered often leaves patients struggling with high costs, limited access, and inconsistent quality of care. The system, which is supposed to heal and protect, frequently feels more like a business prioritizing profit over people.  
    
  Across the globe, healthcare models vary significantly. Some countries provide universal healthcare, ensuring that all citizens have access to medical services without financial hardship. Others rely on privatized, insurance-based systems that leave many individuals burdened with medical debt or forced to forgo necessary treatments. Regardless of the model, most systems share a common problem—inefficiencies, corruption, and a lack of patient-centered care.  
    
  One of the most alarming aspects of modern healthcare is its commercialization. In many nations, medical treatment has become a commodity rather than a fundamental human right. Pharmaceutical companies, insurance providers, and hospital networks have turned healthcare into a multi-trillion-dollar industry, often at the expense of those who need it most. Prescription drug prices skyrocket without justification, insurance policies are riddled with loopholes designed to deny coverage, and hospitals charge exorbitant fees for basic services. Instead of prioritizing patient well-being, financial incentives drive medical decisions, sometimes leading to unnecessary procedures, overprescription of medications, and inequitable access to care. 

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  We're Overdosed

  Barry I. Gold

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  We're Overdosed looks at the history of opium and the drug's spread throughout the world. It traces the origin of morphine from opium, the subsequent synthesis of opioids, and the birth of the global pharmaceutical industry. From Barry I. Gold's point of view as a scientist, he offers thoughts about gaining control of prescription opioids through Federal legislation. With the tragic epidemic of deaths from overdose, chiefly from illicit sources, he shares how the U.S. could lead in eradicating world trade of illicit drugs. The story also looks forward and asks how new treatments offer hope in treating addiction.

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  Summary & Analysis - Voyager -...

  Golden Books Publishing

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  SUMMARY & ANALYSIS 
    
  VOYAGER 
  BASED ON THE BOOK BY DIANA GABALDON 
    
  SUMMARY WRITTEN BY: GOLDEN BOOKS PUBLISHING 
    
  CONTENT 
  The Search Begins 
  Jamie’s Survival 
  Life at Lallybroch 
  The Imprisonment 
  Grey and Fraser 
  Helwater 
  Return to the Present 
  The Gathering of Evidence 
  Departure and Reunion 
  General Analysis 
    
  ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK 
  Voyager by Diana Gabaldon is a sweeping historical fiction novel that follows Claire, a 20th-century woman, as she travels back in time to reunite with her 18th-century love, Jamie, after years of separation. The story blends romance, adventure, and historical detail as Claire and Jamie navigate the challenges of their relationship within the context of post-Culloden Scotland. Their reunion is complicated by Jamie’s past, including a second marriage and dangerous political activities. They embark on a perilous voyage to the West Indies in search of Jamie's missing nephew, Young Ian. The narrative explores themes of love, duty, survival, and the impact of history on individual lives..

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  Accidental Kindness - A Doctor's...

  Michael Stein

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  We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. We look for safety and forgiveness. But we forget that doctors, too, are often in need of forgiveness—from their patients and from themselves. No doctor enters the medical profession expecting to be unkind or to make mistakes, but because of the complexity of our current medical system and because doctors are human, they often find themselves acting much less kindly than they would like to. Drawing on his work as a primary care physician and a behavioral scientist, Michael Stein artfully examines the often conflicting goals of patients and their doctors. In those differences, Stein recognizes that kindness should not be a patient’s forbidden or unrealistic expectation. This book leaves us with new knowledge of and insights into what we might hope for, and what might go wrong, or right, in the most intimate clinical moments.

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  Summary & Analysis - The Troop -...

  Golden Books Publishing

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  SUMMARY & ANALYSIS 
    
  THE TROOP 
  BASED ON THE BOOK BY NICK CUTTER 
    
  SUMMARY WRITTEN BY: GOLDEN BOOKS PUBLISHING 
    
  CONTENT 
  The Internship 
  Draft Night 
  The Pregnancy 
  A Fateful Question 
  A Growing Distance 
  A Terrible Misunderstanding 
  Control and Manipulation 
  A Second Chance 
  Finding Freedom 
  General Analysis 
    
  ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK 
  In Nick Cutter’s “The Troop,” a weekend camping trip for a group of Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster turns into a terrifying fight for survival when a mysterious stranger stumbles upon their isolated island campsite. The stranger is shockingly thin and disturbingly pale, exhibiting signs of a strange illness that quickly spreads to the troop. As the scouts struggle to understand the nature of the contagion and find a way to escape the island, their bonds of friendship are tested, and their humanity is pushed to the brink. The novel explores themes of isolation, fear, and the dark side of human nature, crafting a chilling tale of survival horror.

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  Social Security Disability...

  Spencer Bishins

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  A former Social Security Administration (SSA) attorney goes behind the scenes to show you why it’s so difficult to win a Social Security Disability case. Working as an Attorney Advisor for over 10 years, the author drafted and reviewed thousands of disability decisions. During this time, he learned why the system is stacked against the claimant throughout the process. After he left SSA, he wanted to make this knowledge available to everyone.  
  In this book, the author reveals the inner workings of the disability system, explaining how the system works – and doesn’t. Using hypothetical examples and a glossary, this book breaks down the complicated disability rules, timelines, jargon, and processes. 
  After reading this book, you will better understand what claimants go through, why the Social Security regulations make it so difficult to file and win a disability case, and what you can do to improve your chances of success. The author presents the timeline of a typical case, and takes you through a disability hearing. These insights will help you protect your rights, and will help you present the best possible case to the Judge. 
  Topics covered include:Why most disability claims are initially deniedHow to find a disability representative, how they get paid, and why having a representative can improve an applicant’s chance of success.How the agency incentivizes Judges to deny claimsHow to appeal a denialThe levels of review of a disability applicationThe difference between the two Social Security disability programsThe process SSA uses to decide disability claims.   The types of medical evidence that help prove disability claimsHow the current Social Security Disability system is broken and inefficient, and recommendations for improvement. 
  Spencer Bishins is an attorney licensed to practice law in Florida and Washington State.

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