Friday, August 14, 2009
Diagnosis and Treatment
Add this article in The Atlantic to your reading list for the ongoing health care debate. In fact, put it at the top of your list (twice) before reading anything else.
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Robert Thorn and I discussed this article last night--I initially (from the title) was turned off....but reading on, I was pleased to discover clear thinking and solid policy recommendations.
Good piece here as well about the Dutch system. They tried "single payer" for years and of course it didn't work. Now they've devised a pretty good method (it appears) to insure the worthless useless lazy pack of lay-abouts addicts and whores that drag down the system. Here ya go.
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-the-netherlands-a-third-way-on-health-care-that-works/
Tort reform would lead to a reduced fear of law suits against medical practitioners.
Medical practitioners would then not prescribe every test known to mankind in fear of future litigation but would instead rely primarily upon their education and experience which is usually correct prior to having a plethora of very expensive diagnostic tests completed only to come to the very same conclusion.
Robert - Thanks for compelling me to read this ("put it at the top of your list (twice) before reading anything else.")
I think his last paragraphs sum it up nicely:
"Like its predecessors, the Obama administration treats additional government funding as a solution to unaffordable health care, rather than its cause. The current reform will likely expand our government’s already massive role in health-care decision-making—all just to continue the illusion that someone else is paying for our care.
But let’s forget about money for a moment. Aren’t we also likely to get worse care in any system where providers are more accountable to insurance companies and government agencies than to us?"
I'm sending the link to my Congressman and Senators and pleading them to read this as well.
Where does one nominate a magazine article for a Pulitzer?
Thanks again. Great share.
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