By: drbobgleeson
American medicine is 2 x as expensive as the next most expensive country and our health product ranks near Cuba’s for several reasons. Some of the above commentaries have touched on them: prolonged and...
View ArticleBy: nucemgd
“Why end of life care is so expensive here and has such bad out comes? I’ll give you a hint too, it’s not the patients.” Did anyone else find this statement funny??
View ArticleBy: DSS10
Nucemgd There is a good and a bad way to die. I am amazed at how many terminal patients are on chemotherapy at the time of death or who have invasive surgery in the last month of life. Yes it’s a bit...
View ArticleBy: bear_in_mind
@DSS10: I concur with the general drift of your commentary. The profit motive obviously rests with the medical profession. Couple that with the America’s immature and narcissistic approach to aging...
View ArticleBy: victor
My friend (70) was diagnosed with prostate cancer in CA. He was refused surgery in the UK (he has dual citizenship: US and UK) and in Norway (his wife has Norwegian citizenship). He was told: here we...
View ArticleBy: Patrick Neid
From a technical point of view the chart has bubble dynamics written all over it. With that in mind I think it is a safe bet that the system will be collapsing in our lifetimes, assuming you are not...
View ArticleBy: jus7tme
>>my limited understanding is 1) torte reform and 2) controlling end of life care, would go a long way Wrong. Costs that can be either directly or indirectly attributed to Malpractice is less...
View ArticleBy: DeDude
And this is why you have to have mandatory universal health insurance. Only a very small number of people get really seriously ill (and praise yourself lucky for not being one of them). However, if you...
View ArticleBy: motfool
Would disagree with DSS10 it is not the doctors its the patients. I see it all the time. 69 year old with metastatic prostate cancer. Oncologist feels obliged to mention every possible treatment option...
View ArticleBy: DSS10
RE: Mark E Hoffer: The AMA was a guild, not a cartel. Now with the majority of physicians being employees and not sole proprietors or sub-chapter S corps, the true drivers in the medical market are the...
View ArticleBy: Lyle
Since a large part of the cost and the default option is treat as much as possible, both physicians and clergymen need to be in a position to counsel folks on these issues pre-need. Both get the forms...
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