Primal Prescription: Surviving the 'Sick Care' Sinkhole

By: Doug McGuff - MD, Robert Murphy - PhD

Narrated by: Brad Kearns

Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

It's no secret that the US health care system is in a state of disrepair, but the rabbit hole goes deeper than even the staunchest critics may realize. In Primal Prescription, authors Doug McGuff and Robert Murphy combine their expertise in economics and medicine to offer a shocking, disturbing, and ultimately enlightening view into America's health care system. You'll discover the real history of what went wrong with US health care and insurance, and why current efforts to clean up the mess are only making things worse.

But far from leaving you feeling helpless at the dismal - and sometimes deadly - state of affairs, Primal Prescription equips you with both the knowledge to understand the health care conundrum and the tools for navigating your way out of it. McGuff and Murphy offer an evidence-based "game plan" for taking control of your own medical care, protecting yourself and your loved ones regardless of what the future holds for the rest of the nation.

Whether you're currently tangled in America's broken health care system or simply trying to avoid its clutches, Primal Prescription is a must-have resource for taking your health into your own hands.

©2015 Primal Nutrition, Inc. (P)2015 Primal Nutrition, Inc.

Not liking the narrator

Great material. I'll have to read it myself. This narrator gives a sarcastic laugh every few sentences and I don't want to hear it. Didn't finish this audiobook.

Gawd awful listening.

Would you consider the audio edition of Primal Prescription: Surviving the 'Sick Care' Sinkhole to be better than the print version?

I have not read the print version, but I intend to. This audio version is a disgrace to the content. Brad Kearns reads way to fast to allow me to absorb the content of what he is reading. Then he includes annoying .....chuckles. Everywhere! We are talking about health care in America today. Its not even remotely amusing. I couldn't take much of this. In fact, it got even worse as the book went on.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Primal Prescription: Surviving the 'Sick Care' Sinkhole?

The solutions offered for some of our basic health care issue today. But, like I stated, I could not absorb the valuable content so I am returning this audio version and buying the book. America desperately needs this book. Shame on you for casting this reader.

Great book

Helps the reader understand problems and solutions to the broken Healthcare system from a free market perspective

Great book, lousy narration

This is full of excellent, well written information on the primary illnesses of today's "health care" system. If highly recommend for any of my friends and family. However, the narrator was lousy. Constantly interjecting his own attitude into the information. If you can get past that, it's a great listen.

Ok book, bad narrator

What did you like best about Primal Prescription: Surviving the 'Sick Care' Sinkhole? What did you like least?

The history of why the healthcare industry got this way and the critique of the Affordable Care Act

Were the concepts of this book easy to follow, or were they too technical?

The book does have some information that is better followed on paper than by ear. Not a majority but some. And even the narrator, at times, reference charts in the physical book.

Would you be willing to try another one of Brad Kearns’s performances?

No. A narrator is not suppose to distract from the book. And the non-fiction topic of this book needs a reader that doesn't input himself into the narrative. Kearns, I see, is not a professional narrator and that is clear. He gets words wrong, laughs at times, stammers at times. He was an awful narrator that made it a struggle to get through - on a topic I was really interested and an author I liked.

Was Primal Prescription: Surviving the 'Sick Care' Sinkhole worth the listening time?

Since there isn't much out there especially from the unique perspectives it's the best you got. The execution left some to be desired.

Any additional comments?

I picked up this book mostly for the work of Robert Murphy who is a great economist and has a good knack for explaining complicated concepts and topics on different levels of understanding. I don't know much about McGuff and never heard of him, myself, before this book.

This book is really two books in one and may not appeal to everyone. On one end you have Murphy's writing about the history of health insurance/healthcare in America, the Affordable Care Act, and government intervention in healthcare. And on the other hand you have McGuff's background as a doctor and promoting a primal/paleo lifestyle.

What I was looking for more, and what I was hoping for more was a look of the history of healthcare, what's wrong with it, and what to do to fix it. And the pairing of an economist and a doctor would be able to greatly blend a lot of great information into one useful book.

While this book does provide a lot of great information and critiques of government hurt and industry general business practices, I don't think this is a great reference book to give to someone or reference completely. There is a good critique of the ACA and the background history is book, but having a better basis of the formula of "We do X. Y is the result. However, if we did A, B would be the result. B would be better than Y and A > X". Other writings by Murphy follows this formula and others in his circle of friends.

I could also see some benefit of adding information of McGuff's chapters but it feels too much like two different books. It would have been better incorporated into the other chapters or made smaller. And there is a lot of good incites and recommendations that McGuff gives. It just tends to feel like two different authors wrote their parts and put them together to appeal to two different audiences.

Also, the ending where the libertarian ideal responses to improve the system were covered very quickly and not too much in the way of apologetics were made. Again, another section that could be incorporated into an overall narrative.

I did enjoy the book overall. I was just hoping it would be a great libertarian/Austrian economic/rational medical care resource that presented the information better. Final Grade - B-

good info. annoying narrator.

What made the experience of listening to Primal Prescription: Surviving the 'Sick Care' Sinkhole the most enjoyable?

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

Great to hear the specific case points and to hear Murphy's take on things.

What didn’t you like about Brad Kearns’s performance?

Narrator chortles whenever he encounters anything remotely ironic or striking. But, his voice and manner was otherwise very much appropriate.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no

Good Message, not the best delivery

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I liked the content of the book, but Brad Kearns narration did not help the sometimes confusing message. Sections and chapters blend into each other in one sing-song continuation, and while reading an excerpt from a Harry Reid interview there wasn't any way to tell when the quote ended and the regular text began.

Did Primal Prescription: Surviving the 'Sick Care' Sinkhole inspire you to do anything?

It inspired me to stop listening to the audio version and start reading the actual book.

I really like Robert Murphy and so I enjoyed this

as for the content and the style the book was written I definitely give it a thumbs up. What really bothered me was the speaker. It was read as if I were listening to a lecture and it ruined the feel of reading and objectivity of reading allpwing me to interpret the book myself instead of getting his ironic tones and sarcastic laughter. I don't care for that at all. but the book as a whole was very insightful on the history as well as medical implementation of the primal framework. I enjoy economics and I enjoy medicine this is definitely a good read.

Great info and very accurate

as a physician I fully agree with this book. The authors layout the economic and practical reasons for freedom in healthcare.

Please re-record this book

Content-wise, this is an important book, so it's a real shame that the truly awful narrator makes it unlistenable. I've listened to tons of audiobooks and this guy is by far the most distracting.