Special thanks go out to Mark Sisson. I am honored that you thought of me when you contemplated taking on an exposé of the American “sick care” system. To my co-author Robert Murphy, PhD, thank you for your tireless work in bringing rational principles to the field of economics and for integrating your vast knowledge into this book. To my partners at Blue Ridge Emergency Physicians (made extinct by the Affordable Care Act), I would like to acknowledge your twenty years of friendship and professionalism and assure you that our beloved founder, Dr. Jack Warren, is looking down upon you with a cup of black coffee in hand … smiling. To Ed Garbe, Sherry Edwards, and Joe Byers (my team at Ultimate Exercise, Inc.), thank you for your boundless energy and enthusiasm in teaching our clients that prevention really is the best medicine. Finally, to Denise Minger, thank you for your excellent work in editing the manuscript for this book and turning my submissions into something worthy of Mark’s high standards.
—M. Doug McGuff, MD
I would like to thank Mark Sisson for introducing me to my co-author for this important project. (Economic theory is great, but I felt much more confident when Doug’s ER experience confirmed my analysis.) I am also very grateful for the tremendous work Denise Minger did on our manuscript, to help us make it more accessible for the lay reader.