As America struggles to extend health-care coverage while curbing health-care costs, we face a decision that is more important than whether we have a public-insurance option, more important than whether we will have a single-payer system in the long run or a mixture of public and private insurance, as we do now. Atul Gawande As [...]
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In recent years, doctor-bashing has become a popular hobby. Physicians seem to blamed for everything. A friend and retired pathologist, Dr. Richard Reece, recently described this phenomenon on his blog as follows (excerpt): For a number of years, physicians, as the most visible symbol of health care delivery, have been criticized, chastised, and blamed for [...]
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There are no one step solutions for managing complex change such as healthcare reform at the national level. Many factors have to come together in perfect harmony.
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Consumers shopping for health insurance today face more choice, complexity, and financial exposure than ever before. In an increasingly uncertain world, what they are really seeking is peace of mind in their choices. Insurers that address the emotional needs and biases embedded in the typical consumer’s behavior will be successful in creating and distributing effective [...]
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For Margalit Gur-Arie, writing for the Health Care blog, the future of primary care is a barren landscape: I fear that the independent family doctor is going to go the way the corner bookstore went, and be replaced by the cold, impersonal, shiny mega-clinic chain in the city. It won’t be long after that before [...]
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