Tag Archives: medical costs
Why Your Doctor Doesn't Need a Raise
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 5th August 2008An article in Boston Magazine entitled Why Your Doctor Needs a Raise could be the emblem for what’s wrong with the delivery of medical care in the Western world. The article examines the condition of medicine in the Bay State a year after the start of its government sponsored system of medical insurance. The article…
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Who Should Die?
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 7th May 2008A recent report considers how physicians should triage patients in the event of a sudden catastrophe that overwhelms the medical system. “The suggested list was compiled by a task force whose members come from prestigious universities, medical groups, the military, and government agencies. They include the Department of Homeland Security, the Centers for Disease Control…
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