Sick&Tired

In 2003, economist Helene Jorgensen was bitten by a blood-thirsty tick and thus began her five-year odyssey through the health care system. She uncovers the many inefficiencies and irrationalities that both characterize the system and put lives at risk. In Sick and Tired, Jorgensen takes a closer look at the institutional failures at every stage of the health care system, including diagnosis and treatment, to help patients get better care.

“Through her experience, Jorgensen has developed a practical and gripping guidebook to getting sick in America…Jorgensen concludes with a thoughtful chapter on reform.” Publishers Weekly

“Dr. Helene Jorgensen was unlucky enough to get sick, and she ended up getting a hair-raising tour of the failures of the American health care delivery system. In response, she wrote a little book everyone who has a body and lives in American should read.” Jordan Fisher Smith, Author