How to Make a Killing

“A rich and sweeping saga that is, sadly, a quintessentially American story: how a miracle medical machine transformed into profit machine, sick and suffering patients be damned.” – Jesse Eisinger, author of The Chickenshit Club”[A] grimly fascinating and humane exposé.… [E]ye-opening.” – Steven Poole - Telegraph“An important book holding to account those who abuse the system, from the local strip mall dialysis center to the halls of the U.S. Capitol.” – Ron Sylvester - Spokesman-Review“Tom Mueller goes deep, then wide, then straight for the jugular of the corporate predators who are getting rich by exploiting the poor and vulnerable. This book raised my blood pressure by at least thirty points.” – Carl Elliott, author of The Occasional Human Sacrifice“I loved Tom Mueller’s beautifully written and fascinating account of both the miraculous possibilities of medical technology and the perils of poorly structured markets. There is universal medical care in the United States, but only for kidney disease. How a program started by Richard Nixon and corrupted by finance has saved lives, and cost them, is the story of modern America.” – Matt Stoller, author of Goliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy“A terrifying story of profit before patients, and a chilling glimpse of what can happen when private companies are allowed to take charge of healthcare.” – Gavin Francis, author of Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence“We have accepted too much for too long. There are those who will say that the book exaggerates and that things he reports don’t happen. Maybe they don’t in some/most clinics, but even if they happen in a few clinics, we can do better.” – Beth Witten, Home Dialysis Central“We urge you to stop what you’re doing, buy this book, and read it from cover to cover. The book presents nothing short of an indictment of rabid capitalism run amok, effectively turning what should be a life-saving branch of medicine into a criminal enterprise.” – Pam and Russ Martens - Wall Street on Parade“New York Times best-selling author Tom Mueller very well could be rocking the foundations of many a corporate boardroom with this book.” – DialysisEthics.org“A brilliant expose of one of the darkest corners of healthcare. This story must be told—to protect some of America’s most vulnerable of patients, but also the people who care for them.” – Kimberlee Langford, registered nurse and vice president of clinical services at Specialty Care Management“Tom Mueller does a fantastic job of meticulously categorizing and explaining all of the abuses of power. I highly recommend How to Make a Killing.” – Dr. Eric Bricker, founder of AHealthcareZ“A must-read for clinicians, patients, economists, policymakers, and anyone interested in improving healthcare. Through exhaustive research and simple yet dramatic language, Tom Mueller reveals some of the biggest, darkest secrets in US healthcare.” – Kevin Weinstein, CEO of Renalogic“Insightful, infuriating, and inspiring. As both the family member of someone who has been on dialysis for more than a decade and a practicing physician, I am deeply grateful for the journalistic work of Tom Mueller.” – Tyler Wellman, MD

Tom Mueller’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, National Geographic, New York Times Magazine, and Atlantic. He is the author of the New York Times best-selling Extra Virginity about food fraud, and Crisis of Conscience on whistleblowers and their enemies.