[lbo-talk] Atul Gawande on the cost of medicine in McAllen, TX

[Max B. Sawicky]

According to the article and much other evidence, the profit motive
appears to
vary radically from one place to the next, which calls it into
question as the
most important factor.

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Michael wrote

"This is the article that Obama cited recently as so important for his

own perspective:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande "

Yes, I read it. What was odd about it was that it purports to show
that 
the problem is not for-profit medicine, that there are other issues
that 
play a part....but it winds up showing that the profit motive (on the 
part of doctors rather than insurance companies) plays a part both in 
bad and in expensive medicine.

So, though I appreciated the scholarship, the overall argument didn't 
make much sense.

Joanna
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