"John H" wrote in message
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...Change is coming!
The NYTimes is giving seniors a Christmas present to ponder.
http://tinyurl.com/yl9vumo
"Peter R. Orszag, the White House budget director and a disciple of
the Dartmouth data, has noted. "We can no longer afford an overall
health care system in which the thought is more is always better,
because it's not.""
Another - "Because Dartmouth's analysis focuses solely on patients who
have died, a case like Mr. Putrus's would not show up in its data.
That is why critics say Dartmouth's approach takes an overly
pessimistic view of medicine: if you consider only the patients who
die, there is really no way to know whether it makes sense to spend
more on one case than another."
A preview of things to come?
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Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year!
John H
If they were serious about saving money, wouldn't they just all get on a
conference call instead of flying their jets to Denmark to schmooze around?
Barry has some expensive tastes, and so does Michelle.
Steve