Seekers of Meaning 6/7/2024: Dr. Lawrence Lazarus, Co-Author of The Insider’s Guide to Quality, Affordable Healthcare

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On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Dr. Lawrence Lazarus, MD, discusses the book, Insider’s Guide to Quality, Affordable Healthcare: Practical Strategies to Navigate our Complex System and Save Money

Tired of being overwhelmed with escalating healthcare costs, find your doctors more focused on their computer than on you, and want to be more in command of your healthcare decisions?

If you’re looking for easy-to-apply strategies for obtaining high quality medical care and reducing healthcare expenses, this book is for you.

The authors are doctors with decades of experience in treating patients and their families. They have written this book to serve as your guide and share the inside story about how the U.S. healthcare system really works, so you are empowered to:

• find the best doctors and medical specialists and reduce your medical expenses
• prevent medical errors that account for more deaths each year than car accidents
• obtain a second opinion from a specialist who may save your life
• take advantage of the Affordable Health Care Act and other insurance options
• secure a healthcare advocate (“guardian angel”)
• take more control of your health and obtain the highest quality healthcare

Finally, a user-friendly guide to help everyone choose the highest quality healthcare and learn how to contain their out-of-pocket costs.

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About the Guest

Dr. Lawrence Lazarus

Lawrence W. Lazarus, M.D., has spent his forty-year career specializing in geriatric medicine and psychiatry, primarily at Rush Medical School and University in Chicago, Illinois. He was the founding Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program at Rush University. He is a co-editor of the Comprehensive Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry and has authored fifty medical articles for the medical and the lay public. He is a former president of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry and a recipient of the National Institute of Mental Health Geriatric Mental Health Academic Award. Dr. Lazarus is currently in private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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