Games Hospitals Play

In Games Hospitals Play veteran health journalist and public policy professional Abantika Ghosh exposes the shadowy economics of India’s private healthcare industry. This isn’t a story of a few rotten eggs - it is a systemic breakdown exposing how patient vulnerability is the fodder for the profit-driven healthcare industry. Mining through a mountain of court documents backed by insider accounts and investigative reports Ghosh decodes hidden markups surge pricing for surgeries unnecessary procedures and corporate pressures that turn every illness into a profit opportunity. She reveals how hospital packages are designed like experiential commodities why your insurance policy might not be enough and how over-testing has become a tool for revenue generation. A playbook to fight back Games Hospitals Play is a call to action for every patient caregiver policymaker and healthcare professional who believes health ought not to be a commodity.