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Re: Please Stand By

FisCon — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:28:23 -0000

Sleep fast, my friend, sleep fast!

Re: Fix The Broken Foundation Before Building A Skyscraper On Top Of It

FisCon — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:19:22 -0000

Nicely put! Obviously I disagree on the source of the problems (i.e., I reach my conclusions as soon as I hear about a top-down "system", but I certainly concur with the symptoms and the conclusion that complete overhaul are necessary, not just more Band-Aids.

Re: Financial Advice From Scrooge McDuck (1967)

FisCon — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:06:12 -0000

"Nothing good is ever free." --Scrooge McDuck

Re: Nick And The Not So Happy Hospitalist

FisCon — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:55:27 -0000

Nick--doctors have a lot of information asymetry between themselves and the truth. People used to get second and third opinions. When you could pick your own doctor, word of mouth allowed you to find doctors you could trust and switch at will.

Information asymetry between doctors and patients isn't going to get better as the power of the force standing in between them gets stronger--it's going to have goals all of its own, and remove paths, but it certainly isn't going to bring much insight.

Re: Nick And The Not So Happy Hospitalist

FisCon — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:34:26 -0000

Cutting through the hyperbole on both sides of this debate, I think both sides are right--which can only happen in a flawed system. . .a collectivist system, that is: where everyone is a free rider of sorts, and everyone is also a victim of sorts.

Unless and until doctors and patients must deal directly with each other, rather than appeal to a nebulous master who tries (but fails) to keep all of the plates spinning, you get everyone working harder to keep the same-sized slice of a shrinking pie, all the while more folks are invited to the table to get a 'free' slice.

This problem will get worse, not better. You're both right, but we're ALL wrong!