Besides death and taxes, constantly increasing health care spending has become inevitable in the United States. The root causes are difficult to unearth because of the studied finger pointing of the key players. The medical and care-giving professions blame the insurance companies and vice-versa. The patients blame the doctors and the hospitals and vice-versa. Young people blame old people and vice-versa. The developed countries blame the developing countries and vice-versa. This book presents cogent analyses of this run-away societal sector and vice-versa.