Photograph by Phillip Toledano
There’s a fantastic (and sad and scary) article in a recent issue of The New Yorker about the terrific gap between the cost and quality of health care in America. Here’s a clip…
“There is no insurance system that will make the two aims match perfectly. But having a system that does so much to misalign them has
proved disastrous. As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors
for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay
them as individuals, rather than as members of a team working together
for their patients. Both practices have made for serious problems.”
proved disastrous. As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors
for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay
them as individuals, rather than as members of a team working together
for their patients. Both practices have made for serious problems.”
I know all of us suffering from Lyme have been raped financially in one way or another by our backwards and corrupt health care system. This article really helped me understand not just how fucked up it is, but how hard it’s going to be to fix it.
