Summary of Marty Makary, MD's The Price We Pay

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 A growing trend in the United States is doctors doing unnecessary vascular procedures on unsuspecting patients. These procedures include ballooning, stenting, and even lasering harmless plaques in leg arteries. #2 The event reminded me that health screening can be a powerful tool to detect disease and prevent tragedy, but it can also be a business model to recruit patients for treatments they don’t need. #3 Th