The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has just completed a seven-part editorial series on the national health care system, titled "Health Care: A Sick System."
The daily headlines were:
* "An American Failure"
* "Your Bill Is Ready"
* "Bureaucracy and Buck-Passing"
* "Medication Nation"
* "How Other Nations Do It"
* "What Won't Work"
* "Taking the Cure"
Given the relatively sparse coverage of health policy news in the past election year, why didn't we see more of this prior to November 2, 2004?
Posted by schwitz at January 4, 2005 11:02 AMGary, I believe below is the more accurate link to the 7-day series.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/ushealthcare.nsf/front?OpenView&Count=2000
Adam
Posted by: adam at January 5, 2005 10:24 AMAs a pharmacist licensed in four states going into my twenty-first year of practice working hospital, then retail, and now managed care I can first-hand state that while the USA's health care system is not perfect...it is FAR better than other countries when everything is looked at full circle.
I've worked arm-to-arm with some of the best medical directors in the country. I know what goes on in the medical community and what is being done to control rising health-care costs.
I'll need to read more of your blog to understand exactly what you are trying to present...but at first glance it seems awfully one-sided. You need to round it out a little.
I will agree with your opposition to health-care ads. My opposition stems from the consumer having a "need" based off what they see on television...then fly off to the doctors to demand a Rx they probably don't need...then fly into the pharmacy to get it filled. This unnecessarily creates an increase in health-care costs 360-degrees and ends up costing everyone time and money.
At any rate, not here to oppose your viewpoints. Debate is good!
Posted by: Brian Maas at January 13, 2005 10:05 PM