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blowfish,
I agree that something has to be done. no doubt.
medicare is going broke by 2017. seven years and counting.
solutions are out there and must focus on fundamentals which are known, namely:
healthcare is a limited resource which
must be distributed efficiently to be most effective.
like any insurance pool, actuarial tables and statistics exist to focus the resources in the best manner.
most people are healthy between the ages of 20-50.
prevention works better than catching up on health issues.
giving the individual a role in their own healthcare is essential to successful outcomes and efficiency models.
blank checks in healthcare like in banking are just asking for trouble.
as a society we need to discuss, head on, what constitutes meaningful extension of life and allow the individual and family to make the decision where it ends, with a full understanding that healthcare is a limited resouce.
Is the doc about Kenny Shopsin? He used to be in the West Village. Quite a place, quite a menu, great chow, but you’d better know all the “rules” before you go. Calvin Trillin wrote a great piece about him once.
Posted by: slopefarm at January 6, 2010 12:01 PM
slopefarm,
that’s the one! never been there myself, but he gets rave reviews and apparently has a breakfast menu which is like 20 pages. the “rules” include no groups larger than 4 and don’t even try to sneak in with separate groups.lol
HEY! DID EVERYONE SEE THE PHOTO OF KENS’ GOAT ON THE FRONT OF TODAY’S TIMES’ DINING SECTION?!?! It gets the entire page above the fold:
“IT didn’t take long for Chip, a Tennessee fainting goat sporting a luxuriant Vandyke beard and an impressive pair of curlicue horns, to live up to his breed’s name. . . .”
CCar I thought everyone was going to Starlite? Yeah I’ve been to Floyd before. Let me work on the sitter- i never followed up on Wasder’s Outpost lead…
Legion, I suggested you follow the author, despite knowing you are a doctor, because you might no have had an opportunity to study what’s happening from a macro perspective. I too have a had a front row seat to what’s happening in healthcare, in a different section, but unforunately I can’t be more specific than that. Maybe we can agree that the system is broken and too little is being done too late. It probably comes down to who’s to blame and we will never agree on that. But Medicare’s issues, in particular, gotta say, Republicans’ fault. They were against it at its inception. Now when any proposals to fix it come along, they lead the misguided battle cry “Hands off my Medicare,” to stop it from being fixed ironically, not because they care, but because they found it to be a good roadblock to throw up to real reform.
blowfish,
I agree that something has to be done. no doubt.
medicare is going broke by 2017. seven years and counting.
solutions are out there and must focus on fundamentals which are known, namely:
healthcare is a limited resource which
must be distributed efficiently to be most effective.
like any insurance pool, actuarial tables and statistics exist to focus the resources in the best manner.
most people are healthy between the ages of 20-50.
prevention works better than catching up on health issues.
giving the individual a role in their own healthcare is essential to successful outcomes and efficiency models.
blank checks in healthcare like in banking are just asking for trouble.
as a society we need to discuss, head on, what constitutes meaningful extension of life and allow the individual and family to make the decision where it ends, with a full understanding that healthcare is a limited resouce.
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Nonsense, Clara! You always look great!!
“CCar I thought everyone was going to Starlite?”
blowfish, we’re ALSO planning a Starlite outing, so to speak. But for chicken’s bon voyage party we’re going to Last Exit.
Legion,
Is the doc about Kenny Shopsin? He used to be in the West Village. Quite a place, quite a menu, great chow, but you’d better know all the “rules” before you go. Calvin Trillin wrote a great piece about him once.
Posted by: slopefarm at January 6, 2010 12:01 PM
slopefarm,
that’s the one! never been there myself, but he gets rave reviews and apparently has a breakfast menu which is like 20 pages. the “rules” include no groups larger than 4 and don’t even try to sneak in with separate groups.lol
HEY! DID EVERYONE SEE THE PHOTO OF KENS’ GOAT ON THE FRONT OF TODAY’S TIMES’ DINING SECTION?!?! It gets the entire page above the fold:
“IT didn’t take long for Chip, a Tennessee fainting goat sporting a luxuriant Vandyke beard and an impressive pair of curlicue horns, to live up to his breed’s name. . . .”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/dining/06frozen.html?8dpc
(Cobble, I did NOT make up the goat’s name. Swear to God it’s Chip!!)
gracious, it’s gotta be 10 years since I was in Last Exit, I’ll use my new poundage as a disguise.
CCar I thought everyone was going to Starlite? Yeah I’ve been to Floyd before. Let me work on the sitter- i never followed up on Wasder’s Outpost lead…
Legion, I suggested you follow the author, despite knowing you are a doctor, because you might no have had an opportunity to study what’s happening from a macro perspective. I too have a had a front row seat to what’s happening in healthcare, in a different section, but unforunately I can’t be more specific than that. Maybe we can agree that the system is broken and too little is being done too late. It probably comes down to who’s to blame and we will never agree on that. But Medicare’s issues, in particular, gotta say, Republicans’ fault. They were against it at its inception. Now when any proposals to fix it come along, they lead the misguided battle cry “Hands off my Medicare,” to stop it from being fixed ironically, not because they care, but because they found it to be a good roadblock to throw up to real reform.