tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post2369643205346442283..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Musical ChairsDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-76997439556317245752009-10-08T01:07:27.494-05:002009-10-08T01:07:27.494-05:00This only shows that there is no perfect system of...<i>This only shows that there is no perfect system of health care that will get it right 100% of the time, but the larger statistics suggest that a universal system that insures most basic health care needs and eliminates the experimental and fringe therapies and tests will serve us all much better.</i><br /><br />At worst, I would be dead under a system like you describe or in a wheelchair at Stiff Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-12843819426920453802009-10-06T20:41:22.818-05:002009-10-06T20:41:22.818-05:00Wes,
Never suggested it was utopian; just better...Wes, <br /><br />Never suggested it was utopian; just better than the disarray we have here in the states.<br /><br />They ration ICDs by giving so many to each hospital, while we ration them by whether you have the means to pay or not. Some will argue that the poor middle class patients (not the absolute poor since they qualify for Medicaid) can still get the care they need, but usually they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-20503468348401737672009-10-06T18:03:36.958-05:002009-10-06T18:03:36.958-05:00Keith -
Why don't I ever get an answer to how...Keith -<br /><br /><i>Why don't I ever get an answer to how the Canadians and Europeans manage their health care systems at half the cost and actually manage to provide everyone with helath care?</i><br /><br />Re: Canada - First, let me say, I am a doctor and not a health policy nerd. But here's what I understand. Canadians manage to give care to their populace by prioritizing diseasesDrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5470678991621939372009-10-06T17:16:49.677-05:002009-10-06T17:16:49.677-05:00Wes,
I'll tell if you'll tell!
PS Sec...Wes, <br /><br />I'll tell if you'll tell!<br /><br />PS Secret to not getting your salary cut greatly; don't make alot to start with!<br /><br />PPS Why don't I ever get an answer to how the Canadians and Europeans manage their health care systems at half the cost and actually manage to provide everyone with helath care?Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-14684323486508087742009-10-06T13:07:25.869-05:002009-10-06T13:07:25.869-05:00Keith-
So tell me, how low are you willing to let...Keith-<br /><br />So tell me, how low are you willing to let the government cut your salary in the name of fairness? Real number, please.DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-81799294168824836882009-10-06T12:52:15.862-05:002009-10-06T12:52:15.862-05:00Wes,
Once again, you ignore the examples of medic...Wes,<br /><br />Once again, you ignore the examples of medicine as it is practiced abroad and engage in various doomsday senarios that have worked so effectively for interest groups in the past.<br /><br />Every other indutrialized country has a ratio of primary care to specialists more akin to 75-25%, yet we do not see citizens dying in the streets. Of course there might be slight delays for Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-19857277434323241152009-10-06T09:16:39.666-05:002009-10-06T09:16:39.666-05:00TBTAM-
I think the term is "re-arranging the...TBTAM-<br /><br />I think the term is "re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic."DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-84385352846286613682009-10-06T07:37:09.586-05:002009-10-06T07:37:09.586-05:00My prediction on this whole health care reform thi...My prediction on this whole health care reform thing from day 1 has been that the only thing that will get accomplished is the rearrangement of the pie slices between us docs. The insurers and big pharma and the hospital lobbyists are too strong to really allow any substantial change to affect them.Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555722791007332247noreply@blogger.com