Direct, assertive, bold. Confronting the nature of our dying health care “non-system”, Dr. Andrew Weil approaches problems and solutions like an expert doctor dealing with an emergency resuscitation. In Chapter 1, he starts by demythologizing some dysfunctional beliefs about health care in the US. Myth #1: Because America has the most expensive health care system in the word, it must have the best. Indeed, we rate on a scale of health care outcomes as #37 in the world, on a par with Serbia. Myth #2: Our medical technology is our greatest asset. In fact such technology is very useful but is often misused, over-prescribed, and not only is overly expensive but frequently leads to worse health outcomes. Myth #3: Our medical schools and research facilities excel at creating the finest physicians and most productive medical investigators. However, our extensive infrastructure omits large areas of education and research that focus on healthy lifestyles practices and wellbeing. Researchers are trained to think in a logical and reductionist method with strong emphasis on pharmaceutical drugs. Chapter 2 presents convincing data that deconstructs these myths accounting for why our health system functions so poorly at such high costs. While acknowledging the strengths of US health care, Weil laments the tragedy of so much done at such high cost with such poor health outcomes. He points out the cost of technology and the folly of continuing to train more specialists for management of chronic disease. This is the current biomedical curricular culture which underemphasizes training in areas such basic, primary prevention and health promotion. We also essentially ignore the body’s ability to heal itself, focusing rather on ‘fixing the machine when it is broken.’ The research enterprise meanwhile, though highly productive, is also highly beholden to industry support from pharmaceutical companies and other corporate interests. This creates inherent conflicts of interests that are highly concerning. Dr. Weil does not leave us just with a diagnosis but in despair.