Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2678810 Surviving the Healthcare System in America Deborah Friedman, MD FAAPMR Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician Physicians’ Diagnostics & Rehabilitation, Edina, MN Email: Deborah.FriedmanMD@gmail.com Hershey H. Friedman, Ph.D. Professor of Business Department of Business Management School of Business Brooklyn College of the City University of New York email: x.friedman@att.net Linda W. Friedman, Ph.D. Professor of Statistics & Computer Information Systems Zicklin School of Business and the Graduate Center Baruch College of the City University of New York email: Linda.Friedman@baruch.cuny.edu