America's Wrong Turn

In America's Wrong Turn, volume 1, John E. McDonough examines the structural failures of the United States medical landscape. This work of health policy and politics explores how forty years of neoliberal ideology reshaped the nation. By prioritizing privatization, deregulation, and profit maximization, these policy choices transformed medical institutions into engines of financial gain. The book analyzes how the shift toward economic freedom over public welfare created a system characterized by high costs and poor health outcomes despite immense national wealth.

This scholarly text falls within the categories of medical books, administration and medicine economics, and public affairs and policy. McDonough investigates the rise of consolidation and the financialization of the healthcare sector, which has led to increased inequality and medical debt. America's Wrong Turn provides a critical framework for understanding the intersection of politics and government within the healthcare industry. It offers a detailed look at the historical forces that shaped contemporary American health systems.