Chris,
It would seem to be true that anyone who survives umpteen years of medical
school in order to get a job for $7 a week is not in it for the money. But,
the way the Soviets used to work was to give perks - such as a good
apartment. Or, to provide a luster to certain desirable
Harry Pollard wrote:
You suggest that:
"The still-increasing excesses of
the medical-industrial complex in the West illustrate quite "well" that
public health and profit-making is rather *inversely* related."
In the US, medical and hospital services aren't bad at all. My experience
!! )
e-hugs
j
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Reuss)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: capitalism and "health" care quality
Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2000, 1:53 pm
Harry Pollard wrote:
You suggest that:
"The still-increasing excesses of
the medical-ind
I think this goes a little deeper. Medicine like charity, theoretical
art,
scientific research and space exploration have a problem with profit.
The physical "worth" of the marketplace rarely accrues to the creator,
discoverer or practitioner of the profession. An exception
being
surgeons in the
