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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
All you Gladwell fans (or not such) may be interested to know that he's got a new piece in this week's New Yorker. He takes on what's wrong with our health care system. I haven't read the whole article yet but my first impression (hi SD and TS) is that he's pretty spot on about the source of the problems.
It's available online here.
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I think I can simplify it:
Health care should not be managed by market principles. That's his point in a nutshell.
He also suggests that allowing market forces to decide everything is being misperceived as an inherent part of democracy.
His argument will be moot soon. Docs are beginning to start "retainer" practices where the patient pays a set fee for a number of visits per year. In the future, pure insurance paid care will only be for those who can't afford to join a retainer practice. I already see specialists out of my own pocket. Its my health; I'm not fucking around with some asshole who'll make me wait forever in a waiting room and then see me for 2 minutes.
You can't fight the market.
