Our inequitable, inefficient, oftentimes uncaring health care "system," revealed.
Correctly Controlling Care Costs (Series)
Must Care Cost So Much? - Week 7 of 10
This mini-series exposes the fundamentals of reform, largely missed in the current debate.
Effective, Efficient, and Caring
The main tension about healthcare centers around medical need, quality, access and cost-efficiency, i.e., affordability. These factors are critically linked as in my "Value Equation."
The Best Diet
To lose weight and reduce your risk of heart disease, there are six (6) fundamentals:
Saying "No!" (In the Style of Managed Care)
Managed care (or a reasonable facsimile) is "still with us….its role is certain to grow" and its "appeal is financial."
If/When Reform fails
"If Reform Fails", a recent NY Times editorial, states that the status quo is immoral, impractical and unsustainable. Yet no proposition identifies, in a practical way what does or does not work on the front lines of medicine.
Insurers Eat Reform
The "fix" that Congress was considering was upset by Brown's election in Massachusetts, the 60th vote was lost and with it the power of the Democrats and the President.
Prevent 2/5 Cancers
About 40% of cancers could be prevented were people to stop smoking and overeating, limit alcohol intake, exercise regularly and get vaccines that target cancer-causing infections (e.g., HPV, Hepatitis B)
