THE BOOK IS A COMBINED MEDICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND DISSERTATION ON MEDICAL CARE AS IT WAS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE STARTING SEVENTY YEARS AGO. IT PRESENTS EXPERIENCES IN THE VARIOUS MEDICAL FIELDS, INCLUDING PRIVATE PRACTICE IN A PREPAY GROUP FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS, FIVE-AND-ONE-HALF YEARS IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORP, BRIEF PERIODS OF CARE IN THE CLINIC ON THE NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION IN KAYENTA, ARIZONA, WORKING IN A LARGE GROUP HMO RUN BY KAISER PERMANENTE, AND AS A SUBSTITUTE PEDIATRICIAN FOR A SMALL GROUP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE BOOK PRESENTS THE AUTHORS OPINION OF WHY PREPAY IS BEST AND WHY OUR PRESENT CARE SYSTEM IS NOT THE ANSWER