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Soured on the Cost, Service and Value of Medical Care? Look to Mc Allen, Texas vs Grand Junction, Colorado
Yes, with the current increasing interest and need in improving medical care within the United States along with making it less expensive, less wasteful and more easily available to all the people, this article in the New Yorker by surgeon Atul Gawande
“The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town can Teach Us about Healthcare” provides an excellent perspective into this important issue. Click on the above link, read the article, then come back and share your views. ..Maurice.
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1 Comments:
I enjoyed the article. But it wasn't very optimistic. It indicated at the end that, of the two models of care that the author investigates, the one that is winning out is not the best one. The article also highlights how more than in the past, a significant number of doctors seem more interested in the money than in the patient.
As I read articles like this, though, I wonder -- with all the research done here -- where are the patient voices? The patient perspective needs to be a part of this kind of research. Patients are stereotyped as mere passive vehicles that move in and out of the system. I think patients have much to say if they were only asked.
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