tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post9103537357375074107..comments2024-03-28T20:28:01.733-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Henry Blodget — One Of The World's Leading Health Experts Just Revealed The Truth About Healthcaremike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-13896196344161573122015-01-22T12:03:25.519-05:002015-01-22T12:03:25.519-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ryan Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815033054435303399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-5339985990494009432015-01-22T11:16:40.494-05:002015-01-22T11:16:40.494-05:00Right. The question is whether the failure to crea...Right. The question is whether the failure to create the real resources needed to do the job efficiently and effectively (which implies "affordably) is ignorance or intentional creation of artificial scarcity to favor vested interests.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-43691688665406895812015-01-22T09:11:02.121-05:002015-01-22T09:11:02.121-05:00Right on. If there are enough people willing to su...Right on. If there are enough people willing to supply health care, then we should raise spending to support that supply or enough to bring new supply on. Constraining spending just keeps supply away. We don't cure disease with keystrokes or paper. We treat it with labor, research etc... I don't think we have a shortage of people willing to do those things.mmcoskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340832287496890370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-35412724219182390502015-01-21T10:11:51.054-05:002015-01-21T10:11:51.054-05:00All patents and copyrights do nothing other than i...All patents and copyrights do nothing other than increase costs. Just like all monopolies. <br /><br />NeilWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565959939525324309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-23048024211367302852015-01-21T10:10:18.666-05:002015-01-21T10:10:18.666-05:00Guy in the article that is.Guy in the article that is.The Just Gatekeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725052297330669528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-50663474408517175152015-01-21T10:10:01.681-05:002015-01-21T10:10:01.681-05:00And asking the question "What exactly is that...And asking the question "What exactly is that person going to do in the private sector that is so much more important than looking after the nation's health, and who is going to hire them?". <br /><br />They really, really don't like that question. NeilWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565959939525324309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-87917633085476398052015-01-21T10:09:43.631-05:002015-01-21T10:09:43.631-05:00No mention of drug/device patent monopolies which ...No mention of drug/device patent monopolies which drive prices way above marginal cost? WTF??? Dean Baker has been talking about this for YEARS! So much for that guy being an "expert."The Just Gatekeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725052297330669528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-4183774841088936962015-01-21T08:00:09.896-05:002015-01-21T08:00:09.896-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/science/end-of-l...http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/science/end-of-life-care-needs-sweeping-overhaul-panel-says.html?_r=0<br /><br />Here is what deranged deficit phobe Walker has been up to:<br /><br />"“The bottom line is the health care system is poorly designed to meet the needs of patients near the end of life,” said David M. Walker, a Republican and a former United States comptroller general, who was a chairman of the panel. “The current system is geared towards doing more, more, more, and that system by definition is not necessarily consistent with what patients want, <b>and is also more costly</b>.”<br /><br />Yeah sure Dave... these morons will kill us all...<br /><br />First it was the abortions: "We can't afford all these babies!"<br /><br />Now they are coming for the old people: "We can't afford all these cancer treatments!"<br /><br />They will kill us all if we let them....Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-86647492124130308232015-01-21T07:55:17.422-05:002015-01-21T07:55:17.422-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ryan Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815033054435303399noreply@blogger.com