Carter V. Multz The author, Carter V Multz, MD, FACP, FACR practices Medicine in San Jose, CA. His 40 years of experience in private practice, managed care and the pharmaceutical industry provide unique insight. He was the founding President and Medical Director of a 250 physician independent practice managed care medical group and has served on advisory committees for PruCare and other HMOs, as a director for several other medical groups and for the California Society of Internal Medicine. Carter was the rheumatologist on the team that developed naproxen (Aleve) at Syntex and has been an investigator for several other pharmaceutical companies. Among many other credits he received the Mendel Award at Gonzaga University and is a lifetime biographee in Who’s Who in America. |
American Medicine Mismanaged Care
Healthcare in America is too expensive because it is catawampus, askew, awry, and uncoordinated. But we can have universal healthcare, include pharmacy, improve quality, save lives and save $billions, easily and simply. The author has been a practicing physician for over 40 years, the Medical Director of a 250 physician Medial Group, served on committees for HMOs, and authored a book entitled “American Medicine - MisManaged Care”. He has hands-on knowledge of how the system works. We spend over $1.34 trillion annually on healthcare in the United States. Nearly half of that money is wasted on inefficient administration. Canada manages its healthcare administration on 15%. A GAO report concluded that “the U.S. health insurance system is a complex and administratively expensive arrangement. It is characterized by a multitude of insurers, both private and public, each with its own eligibility requirements, benefits, packages, provider rules, and claim forms.” In the Economist, Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D. wrote: “I look at the U.S. health care system and see a monstrosity, a truly bizarre mélange of thousands of payers with payment systems that differ for no socially beneficial reason, as well as staggeringly complex public systems with mind boggling administered prices and other rules expressing distinctions that can only be regarded as weird.”
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