The Buck Stops Nowhere

Kathleen O'Connor has written a fascinating story of intrigue and deception, of back-stabbing characters and convoluted plot twists, of a fight for billions and trillions of dollars-and life itself.

Hers is the true story of America's health care system.

In The Buck Stops Nowhere, O'Connor shines her spotlight in all the dark corners of what has become an incredibly complex and altogether elusive industry. Unlike anyone who has come before her, she uses layman's terms to deftly explain the fatal flaws of this country's wildly confusing health care system and then sets the stage for what we can do to remedy it—the nation’s first contest to award innovative healthcare proposals with cash prizes, scholarships and the chance to influence legislation. The contest is open to the general public and will be judged in October 2003 by a panel of influential healthcare experts from around the nation.A twenty-year plus veteran of the health care industry, O'Connor dispenses insight into each of the competing stakeholders in this drama: insurance companies, business groups, hospitals, physicians and nurses, alternative care providers, non-profit organizations, pharmaceutical companies, politicians, and, most of all, the people who need health care. Terrifyingly accurate, it is a book that each of these groups will be compelled to read, and many will love to hate.

Thought-provoking, fast-paced, and compelling, The Buck Stops Nowhere promises to open a national dialogue on this most important of topics. It's time for the buck to stop here.