tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14297067.post1482620407486256967..comments2023-07-18T03:08:21.050-07:00Comments on PanCrit.Org: Health Care is not like AgricultureChris Hibberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235621011708498622noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14297067.post-66271191200802744672009-12-19T20:33:07.021-08:002009-12-19T20:33:07.021-08:00My first contact with Gawande was a few weeks ago,...My first contact with Gawande was a few weeks ago, when libertarians took a different New Yorker article apart, pointing out that Gawande does not understand the concept of "the market". (He rejected patient-interest in medical costs on the grounds that patients were not about to bargain "like they were in a <i>souk</i>" with a surgeon.)<br />This New Yorker article shows his bias toward "businessmen are stupid, government is wise". He explicitly rejects the Reagan-ism that the government can be the problem. I disagree.<br />My current medical group is indeed in the dark ages when it comes to everyday high-tech. Surely the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, in the heart of Silicon Valley, should know about email? Why indeed they do. Why do they not conduct part of their medical practice via email? I bet it is because "Government Medicare and government-regulated insurance companies won't pay for it."Robert Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15220457769907242257noreply@blogger.com