Jeffrey S. Flier is Dean of Harvard Medical School. In the Journal of Clinical Investigation article referenced below, Flier offers his ideas on health care reform.
http://www.jci.org/articles/view/41033 Flier identifies three "root causes" for the symptoms of America's health care ills: | First, there is our inefficient and inequitable system of | tax-advantaged, employer-based health insurance. While the federal | tax code promotes overspending by making the majority unaware of the | true cost of their insurance and care, the code is grossly unfair to | the self-employed, small businesses, workers who stick with a bad job | because they need the coverage, and workers who lose their jobs after | getting sick. | Second....health insurance markets suffer from overregulation, which | limits innovation in both insurance and new ways of delivering medical | care. | Third, we have Medicaid and Medicare.... These programs pay providers | by administrative pricing formulas that are well documented to promote | both overuse and underuse of appropriate care, have led to rising | expenditures decoupled from better health, and obligate massive future | deficits that everyone agrees are unsustainable. They are also rife with | fraud and abuse. Flier also recommends David Goldhill's recent article in The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909/health-care _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
