Another story on US health care costs, with links.
http://business.thea..._cost_so_much.php
Multiple readers want to know why US health care costs so much. A complicated and fascinating question on which agreement across ideological lines is extremely limited. (Via Sullivan). I'm not sure her conclusions follow, but it's a starting point. More is at the NY Times: http://economix.blog...t-so-much-part-i/ (Parts 2 - 7 by Reinhardt can be found here - http://economix.blog...reinhardt/page/3/ ) Cheers, Scott. |
9 people in Austin responsible for 2700 ER trips
- (jay)
- (15)
- April 2, 2009, 11:15:55 AM EDT
Math
- (drook)
- (2)
- April 2, 2009, 02:10:04 PM EDT
Well, if they can put a guy on a bed . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- April 2, 2009, 02:18:32 PM EDT
Bdefore reading the article
- (mhuber)
- April 4, 2009, 09:18:49 AM EDT
An ambulance driver chimes in on his blog...
- (dmcarls)
- (11)
- April 2, 2009, 02:15:45 PM EDT
locally here in atlanta
- (boxley)
- April 2, 2009, 02:38:29 PM EDT
Interesting. Thanks.
- (Another Scott)
- April 2, 2009, 02:45:40 PM EDT
He has some good ideas
- (jay)
- (8)
- April 2, 2009, 03:11:21 PM EDT
On #5 and related issues.
- (Another Scott)
- (7)
- April 2, 2009, 03:47:39 PM EDT
On fancy machines
- (drook)
- (2)
- April 2, 2009, 03:57:08 PM EDT
I don't know how common it is...
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- April 2, 2009, 04:20:01 PM EDT
They're making money on full-body scans
- (drook)
- April 2, 2009, 05:05:36 PM EDT
Re: On #5 and related issues.
- (dmcarls)
- (3)
- April 3, 2009, 11:23:53 AM EDT
Interesting. Thanks.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- April 3, 2009, 12:35:31 PM EDT
Can't think of an issue more fraught with problems of Scale
- (Ashton)
- April 4, 2009, 03:48:29 AM EDT
Another story on US health care costs, with links.
- (Another Scott)
- April 13, 2009, 12:35:11 PM EDT