oh bs. They follow protocols arrived at by medical societies, usually. The art of medecine comes in diagnosis.
As for free physicals... I have no idea what you are talking about. I will tell you tho that those $30 physicals pretty much amount to a height/weight/blood pressure evaluation, and perhaps a history. I dare you to go to one and try to discuss something non-obvious like "why do I get this pain here. " Now I have to go, so go peddle/polish your schtick somewhere else. Dana On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Gruss Gott<grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dana wrote: >> >> doctors are not innovators, Gruss, almost by definition. And it's not >> clear to me that 500 billion in the hands of consumers would get spent >> on medical needs. Some would, but not all. >> > > Ah, but they are. Look into the business arrangements they have with > their clinics, hospitals, labs, pharma companies, et al and you're > going to see A LOT of innovation. > > That's the concept that always gets in the way: doctors are benevolent > healers who only care about the patient. > > But even if we say that's true, there are plenty of innovators willing > to do that FOR doctors. For example, Judah isn't an MD but he's > innovating to bring costs down working with them. > > As to the $500 million, you provide it in HSAs so that it can ONLY be > spent on gated healthcare products and services. > > The problem I'm getting at with by mentioning Minute Clinic is the > other big in-the-way concept: > > People don't get healthcare because they can't afford it. BZZZZ, wrong. > > How many people on this list could have free preventative health care > but don't take advantage of it? More than zero. How about have > skipped the free dentist in a few years? More than zero I'll wager. > > Unfortunately our concept of health is built around the crisis and > emergency, NOT around "healthcare". > > So doctors aren't all do-gooders and many people with free health care > STILL don't use it. > > Again, just like eliminating insurance won't solve the core problem > (so it must not be insurance), even providing free healthcare won't > solve the costs problem. > > The only useful reason to cover everyone at this point is to simply > get a total understanding of the costs. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298674 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
