{"product_id":"sick-by-design-nachole-johnson-9781736248553","title":"Sick By Design","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerica's healthcare system isn't broken-it's working exactly as designed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a nurse practitioner, I've spent over 25 years on the wrong side of a system built on racism and perfected by greed. A system that profits more when you stay sick than when you get well. A system that ties your health to your employer, bankrupts you for getting cancer, and fights preventative care because there's no money in keeping you healthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn December 4, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated on a Manhattan sidewalk. Within hours, the internet exploded-not with mourning, but with memes. \u003cem\u003eThoughts and prayers-DENIED.\u003c\/em\u003e The nation's response revealed something the healthcare industry hoped we'd never say out loud: we know exactly what they're doing to us, and we're done pretending it's acceptable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom its origins in segregated hospitals to the assassination of a healthcare CEO, Sick by Design exposes the predatory machine that masquerades as medicine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis isn't another book blaming individuals for systemic failure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the diagnosis the healthcare industry doesn't want you to have: the cruelty is the point, the design is deliberate, and the people running this system are responsible for what it does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmericans spend $14,775 per capita on healthcare-nearly double what other developed nations spend-while achieving worse outcomes, shorter lives, and medical bankruptcy rates that don't exist anywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe system is sick by design. It's time we finally said so.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor healthcare workers exhausted by a system that won't let them practice medicine. For patients bankrupted by insurance they paid for. For everyone who knows the American healthcare system is designed to harm them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nachole Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736248553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736248553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Studio 8 Twentytwo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d","brand":"Nachole Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50546476220671,"sku":"9781736248553","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sick-by-design-nachole-johnson-9781736248553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}