tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post2285760689701582913..comments2023-08-24T00:28:08.108-07:00Comments on Why is American health care so expensive?: My TED TalkJanice Boughtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02321947802871503562noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post-74512101642909248082012-11-14T05:31:14.511-08:002012-11-14T05:31:14.511-08:00Thought I'd share this though you probably had...Thought I'd share this though you probably had seen it already (via NEJM.org): "Primary Care Update -- Light At the End of the Tunnel??" http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1205537?query=TOC&Ohana Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696641894174194663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post-4085170117233262232012-11-14T05:22:32.089-08:002012-11-14T05:22:32.089-08:00"Direct connection of cost to good outcomes&q..."Direct connection of cost to good outcomes" >>> I wonder if a study has been done/published re: this.<br /><br />Great TEDTalk, btw ;-)Ohana Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696641894174194663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post-60203405516925866242011-06-21T22:54:47.523-07:002011-06-21T22:54:47.523-07:00Health care is too expensive because doctors are a...Health care is too expensive because doctors are afraid to say "no." We have patients who stay on our hem/onc unit for weeks or months because they know how to play the system. "Severe abdominal pain" or mysterious chest pains occur every time the d/c papers appear. Ridiculous. Our hospital is free housing, food, cable, and meds for a LOT of people~!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post-16326209499641525682011-05-19T14:41:45.719-07:002011-05-19T14:41:45.719-07:00One wonders why medicine does not consider persona...One wonders why medicine does not consider personal economics, and obviously the cost of medicine in particular, to be a fundamentally determinant biological health factor, to be taught right alongside organic chemistry. Every other creature in the natural world considers it as such.HMShttp://aleksandreia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com