A concise guide to healthcare and health insurance basics, which provides tools that patients need before, during, and after they get medical care. The author describes the care we need, the care we don't, and how to deal with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Telemedicine and healthcare apps that have become so important during the coronavirus epidemic are also explained. -- adapted from Amazon.com. "The latest installment in the successful series, GET WHAT'S YOURS FOR HEALTHCARE explains how to get the high-quality healthcare you need at a fair price"-- Provided by publisher.

"How to find: the best health insurance, top-quality doctors and hospitals, the care you need and the care you don't, better and cheaper care and drugs, solutions to your medical debt, what health care really costs"--Cover.

Part one: Health insurance basics. Game on ; Health insurance: friend and foe ; Heroes I: The health navigator--Brian Lehrschall ; Employers get to work on health care ; The Affordable Care Act and other health plans ; Heroes II: The insurance claims expert--Marsha Meytlis ; Medicare coverage, costs, and concerns ; Medicaid: a program everyone may need -- Part two: Your health care team. Heroes III: The letter writer--Julie Greenwood ; Your personal health plan ; Your personal care team ; Heroes IV: The social media maven--Julie Croner ; Your professional care team ; What quality looks like ; Heroes V: The patient advocate--Karen Moore -- Part three: New health care choices. Unneeded and misdiagnosed care ; When you're in control and when you're not ; Heroes VI: The warrior mother--Cynthia Buness ; Shopping for health care ; Getting and paying for drugs ; Heroes VII: The warrior daughter--Areta Buness ; How to fight back ; When consumers make the call ; Afterword: Through the pandemic looking glass.