Mark Cromer

is a journalist living in his native Southern California. He has written for an array of newspapers and magazines including Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, The Tribune, London Daily Sport, Details, New Mobility, Rehab Management and others. He also works as a media consultant for Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation, one of the top medical rehabilitation facilities in the nation.
Mr. Cromer was inspired to write Health Care Handbook—A Consumer’s Guide to the American Health Care Systemafter witnessing hundreds of patients endure lengthy and costly hospital stays which could have been avoided had the patients been more knowledgeable and proactive in their own health care. As Mr. Cromer states in his introduction to the book, “My tenure at Casa Colina has raised my consciousness about health care several levels, completely reinforcing the idea that as consumers we not only have rights but, perhaps more importantly, we have responsibilities. And that the more we fulfill our responsibilities as patients, the more likely we will be able to understand and enjoy our rights as health care consumers.
“Indeed, there are few places where the old adage of ‘Knowledge is Power’ is more true than in the world of health care. It is my hope that Health Care Handbook will give you the knowledge and the power to obtain the best health care the American system has to offer.”