tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post8639853583469595154..comments2024-03-20T05:58:45.288-04:00Comments on The Delicious Truth: Atul Gawande - "Testing, Testing"Chef Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372505654191018607noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post-50887394912815280032009-12-21T18:19:37.106-05:002009-12-21T18:19:37.106-05:00I love the article, as I have loved his earlier st...I love the article, as I have loved his earlier stuff in The New Yorker. I think the piece is well-thought-out and adds real insight. Obviously, there is no quick, easy answer for reducing health care costs. Obviously, much of our health care system is a disorganized, inefficient mess. Having a huge corporation like HCA own hundreds of hospitals is an accident waiting to happen and close to an entity that is too big to let fail. In some areas of the country, doctors/hospitals bill Medicare for three times what other areas of the country bill...and for similar results! There is much to gain from standarization of practices, looking for effective outcomes, not just pay for services. I applaud the author for his excellent piece. I think all of his stuff should be mandatory reading for health-care-reform buffs. I've heard it is mandatory reading in the White House. The goal, along with ending arbitrary abuses by private insurance companies, is to slow/reduce the cost curve of our nation's health care costs. That CAN be done. This article is a fantastic basis for optimism in this area.George Fulmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526607308186702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post-83061885172151465452009-12-21T15:14:36.989-05:002009-12-21T15:14:36.989-05:00Really great article - what a huge task ahead!Really great article - what a huge task ahead!Briannoreply@blogger.com