Must Care Cost So Much? - Week 7 of 10

This mini-series exposes the fundamentals of reform, largely missed in the current debate.

Each article is brief. If you must read the end, first [a la "When Harry Met Sally," Billy Crystal], go right to article #10.

1. Wrong Priorities-I.E., Business Over Patient Needs
2. Spending Too Little of Insurance Premiums on You and Me
3. Inefficiency That Robs Patients of Their Rights
4. Healthcare Organizations Who Think They Can Practice Medicine
5. The Phenomenon of a Captive Audience
6. Access Problems Creates a Flood of Downstream Costs
7. Less Costly Trumps Effective
8. Callous Disregard for Patients in Their Time of Need
9. Failure to Observe the Cardinal Rule of Medicine: First of All, Do No Harm.
10. Failure to Observe the Cardinal Rule of Managing Care—Measure and Manage!