Air date: October 14, 2012

Host: David Crabb, MD

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Interview: Elisabeth Askin and Nathan Moore, Medical students, Washington University, St. Louis. Co-authors of "The Health Care Handbook."

Medical students Elisabeth Askin and Nathan Moore from Washington University in St. Louis were motivated by their peers and their own uncertainty of the future of health care to try to explain our health care system. The result, “The Health Care Handbook,” is a readable, concise and informative “user’s manual” that explains the basis of our health care system and the policies that aim to change it in the near future. Reviewers have lauded their success, pointing to examples such as the authors’ description of the 2,000-page Affordable Care Act in about a 20-minute read, organized by a series of questions. For future editions, medical students at Washington University will be asked to revise and update the book as needed, while still providing a refreshing student perspective. Askin and Moore share the inspiration behind the recurring theme of “everything is always more complicated than you think” in their book and how they prioritized their topics.

Additional Resources:

• A sample of the book is available at Amazon.