Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART ONE: WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE.
1. Healthcare Costs: Where They Come From and Who Pays for Them.
2. How Not to Get Sick: Primary Prevention.
PART TWO: PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
3. Prescription Drugs and Healthcare Cost.
4. Saving on Prescription Drugs When You Have Drug Coverage.
5. Prescription Drugs at No Cost or Low Cost: With or Without Insurance.
PART THREE: OTHER AREAS OF HEALTHCARE COST.
6. Physician Services.
7. Institutional Care: Hospitals and Nursing Home.
8. Employment and Family Issues.
PART FOUR: MANAGING THE COST OF COMMON CHRONIC DISEASES.
9. Alzheimer's Disease.
10. Arthritis.
11. Asthma.
12. Cancer.
13. Depression and Anxiety.
14. Diabetes.
15. Heart Disease.
16. HIV and AIDS.
17. Osteoporosis.
APPENDICES.
Appendix A: Directory of State Health and Insurance Agencies.
Appendix B: Directory of Drug Companies' Patient Assistance Programs.
Appendix C: Directory of Some Internet Pharmacies.
Appendix D: Directory of Some Discount Pharmacy Programs.
Index.