July 14th, 2021
1. change all instances of "healthcare" to "health care"
2. "videog-ame" -> "video game" (p. 12)
3. "call hire" -> "hire" (p. 13)
4. "since they spend more time with them" -> "since nurses spend more time with them" (p. 14)
5. "wrest" -> "rest" (p. 16)
6. "make you sicker so use it wisely." -> "make you sicker—so use it wisely." (pp. 17 & 49)
7. "(see the Glossary in the back of this book for definitions)" -> "(This means you'll be made to leave.)" (p. 17)
8. "What to avoid eating, drinking, and doing" -> "What not to eat, drink, and do while healing" (p. 18)
9. "What you should eat, drink, and do" -> "What you should eat, drink, and do while healing" (p. 18)
10. "A senior doctor at a huge hospital system told me about medical prices." -> "A senior doctor at a huge hospital system told me a story about medical prices." (p. 19)
11. "There's an open secret among chronically ill people in America:" -> "There's an open secret known by hospital billing departments and insurance companies everywhere:" (p. 20)
12. "That's what I was asked to pay for a dose." -> "That's what my insurance company billed me for that same dose." (p. 23)
13. "Sadly for us Americans" -> "Sadly for folks who live in the United States" (p. 23)
14. "between you and swallowing that pill or injecting your insulin as well as" -> "between you and your medicine, as well as" (p. 23)
15. "the worst possible effects of taking the drug" -> "the worst possible side effects of taking a drug" (p. 24)
16. reduce & embed link to [uspharmacist.com/...] (p. 25)
17 "what other patients say." -> "what other patients pay." (p. 26)
18. make last paragraph simpler and clearer (p. 26)
19. "So some drugs in America" -> "This means that some drugs in the United States of America" (p. 27)
20. "might be available from some" -> "might be available through your" (p. 27)
21. "in America" -> "in the United States" (p. 29)
22. "On the one hand, health insurance companies" -> "On the one hand, many health insurance companies" (p. 29)
23. "They have a huge" -> "These companies have a huge" (p. 29)
24. "raising their charges" -> "increasing their charges" (pp. 29-30)
25. "their customer's" -> "their customers'" (p. 30)
26. "This gross phrase tells you" -> "This gross phrase reveals" (p. 30)
27. "Another reason" -> "Another reason why dealing with health insurance companies is exhausting" (p. 30)
28. delete line break (p. 30)
29. "thousands or health" -> "thousands of health" (p. 30)
30. "to overhaul and expand Medicare to every person" -> "to improve Medicare and offer it to every person" (p. 30)
31. "get paid for when" -> "get paid when" (p. 31)
32. "provide bad service" -> "provide a bad service" (p. 31)
33. "pay for anything." -> "pay for anything.)" (p. 33)
34. "and put them" -> "and puts them" (p. 33)
35. "asterisks here.)" -> "asterisks here)." (p. 33)
36. explain Medicare and Medicaid at the end of first full paragraph (p. 35)
37. "qualify life event" -> "qualifying life event" (p. 35)
38. "Other qualifying event" -> "Other qualifying events" (p. 35)
39. last full paragraph: swap meds & hospital order (p. 35)
40. "First," -> "Also," (p. 35)
41. "copies available on" -> "copies on" (p. 36)
42. "company's bullshit" -> "companies' bullshit" (p. 38)
43. "of American sick people's lives" -> "of being sick in the United States of America" (p. 40)
44. fix & embed link (p. 40)
45. "pay money they don't want to pay" -> "spend money they don't want to spend" (p. 40)
46. rewrite lawyer/Mike court paragraph (pp. 40–41)
47. rewrite "because when married they can't afford private insurance" explanation (p. 41)
48. "sick people in America" -> "sick people in the United States" (p. 42)
49. embed dol.gov link (p. 43)
50. "American culture" -> "Our culture" (p. 44 & 51)
51. "Getting sick shrinks your world." -> "Getting sick limits your world." (p. 45)
52. "all you'll be able to do" -> "all you're able to do" (p. 46)
53. "all the time in America" -> "all the time in the United States of America" (p. 46)
54. paragraph beginning with "Keep practicing.": cut each "in" (p. 47)
55. "medication" -> "medicine" (p. 47)
56. "I hope you feel better soon." -> "I pray that you're healing." (p. 47)
July 11th, 2021
1. Link to this page added to paperback interior and ebook interior.
