Medicare
If/When Reform Fails to Reform
"If Reform Fails", a recent NY Times editorial, states that the status quo is immoral, impractical and unsustainable. What can we expect now that the House approved "Health Overhaul, Sending Landmark Bill to Obama"? No proposition I have seen identifies, in a practical way what does or does not work for patients and those practicing on the front lines of medicine.
For Those Screaming Against Health Insurance Reform
I say we should let those who are screaming against the health insurance reform bills because they're "Socialist" opt out - not just from the bills, but also from ALL of "Socialism."
Cost Control Challenges
Dr. Atul Gawande's "Cost Conundrum" (New Yorker, June 1, 2009), is arguably, "one of the most influential health care stories in recent memory"; it helps us better see a already palpable problem and gives us pause, if not agita... .
More for Less by Medicare
Doctors who treat Medicare patients will get a 10% cut in their payments on July 1, 2008 and a 21% cut by 2010 unless Congress finds a way to make up for a budgetary shortfall.
Free Care is Limited
"Everyone's entitled to free care" does not mean everyone gets everything. Sometimes the incentives are poorly aligned.
