Posted in Communism/Socialism, health care, insurance, law, markets, medicare, politics, research discussion, wealth, tagged health, doctor, hospital, nurse, government, medicare, physician, medicine, blog, market, health care, Socialism, economist, Freakonomics, GDP, compensation, primary care, specialist, socialized medicine, incentive, medical care, crisis, American Medical Association, AMA, Harvard, budget, post, PCP, primary care physician, interists, internal medicine, developed countries, med school, resident, family medicine, student, intern, RBRVS, William Hsiao, formula, preventative care, RUC on December 22, 2007 | 6 Comments »
A recent Health Care Blog Post explains the looming crisis in primary care. Some background: great health care systems are anchored by primary care physicians (PCPs), the generalist doctor whom your family depends upon for standard medical care. The PCP must have a workable basic knowledge of nearly all medical specialties and be able to [...]
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Posted in health care, law, markets, research discussion, tagged age, Ben Stiller, consumer, consumer directed, doctor, Dodgeball, engineer, google, health care, information, knee, layperson, legal, litigation, malpractice, market, nurse, orthopedic, patient, sue, surgeon, Time, Vince Vaughn on November 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A New York orthopedic surgeon wrote an article in TIME magazine about an annoying would-be patient who had googled so much information about him (education, research, residency) and her knee condition, that it ruined his consultation with her, and he gave up on trying to help her. The doctor describes a continuum of patients: at [...]
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Posted in Communism/Socialism, entrepreneurialism, markets, wealth, tagged business, Call of the Entrepreneur, China, Communism, Communist, Democracy, despot, documentary, economics, economy, film, free, government, Hershey, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Mao Zedong, market, monopoly, Next Magazine, People's Republic, reward, risk, Socialism, Socialist on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a fantastic new documentary film, The Call of the Entrepreneur, which is currently touring major cities with limited special previews. The makers of the film expect it to be released (most likely in independent film houses) shortly after the tour. The film follows three entrepreneurs whose businesses range from small and rural to very [...]
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Posted in bioehtics, health care, kidney transplant, politics, tagged Al Gore, American Journal of Transplantation, Arthur Matas, Canada, congress, Dialysis, doctor, donor, Francis Delmonico, H. Barry Jacobs, health, health care, hospital, insurance, kidney, market, medication, medicine, National Kidney Foundation, obese, obesity, Pakistan, Philippines, recipient, renal, transplant, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, Wall Street Journal, WSJ on November 13, 2007 | 22 Comments »
A Wall Street Journal article today discusses the crusade of Dr. Arthur Matas, a Canadian-born transplant surgeon who is arguing that people should be able to sell a kidney to someone who needs it, in a government-regulated market. The ethical implications of commoditising human organs are very complex, and there are arguments on both sides. [...]
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