Working in Healthcare Hell Survive the system. Save your sanity. Lead the change. Healthcare was once a calling. Now, for many, it feels more like a trap. Working in Healthcare Hell is a brutally honest, deeply personal, and darkly funny look into the inner workings of modern healthcare—from the front lines of exam rooms and cancer centers to the backrooms of board meetings and bureaucracies. Written by Dr. John R. Simmons DO MBA, a double board-certified physician with decades in the trenches, and featuring contributions from healthcare executive and nurse Becky Simmons BSN MBA, this book is a field guide for anyone burned out, boxed in, or fed up with the system. With over 50 years of combined experience, the Simmons duo exposes the truth about toxic leadership, micromanagement, broken incentives, corporate takeovers, and the soul-sucking policies that sabotage both patient care and provider well-being. But this isn't just a gripe session. It's a survival manual packed with real-world strategies, power plays, and sharp-witted insights for navigating—and even changing—the system from the inside out. Whether you're a clinician, administrator, executive, or simply someone who's ever wondered why healthcare feels so broken, Working in Healthcare Hell will make you laugh, cringe, nod in recognition—and maybe, just maybe, light a fire in your belly. Because knowing how the game is played is the first step in rewriting the rules.