Comments on: Consensus http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/ Insights on Health Care Reform | NCPA Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:37:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim Johnston http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40399 Jim Johnston Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:07:56 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40399 We hear all about getting everyone insured. If we can't get control of the cost of what's being insured you will never be able to afford the insurence. Once all the overhead costs of the salad are added into the end cost yoou end up with an overpriced product that's still infierior. Drugs: The Wall Street Journal reported that 59 "B"illion was spent on marketing. We don't advertise liquior or tabacco. Why not stop advertising drugs and reduce the prices. HHS should create a web site listing all drugs and the coditions they are used for. The Condition a drug is used for on the Rx label. Allow for the re-use of a Rx bottle for the same Rx. FDA: Reorganize the the Deprtment to review approvals and regulations. Ask any healthecare worked and ask them to make a list of all the things they are required to do that have nothing to do with care. Thier eyes roll back and say it would be very long list. FDA should become pro-active and find procedures in other countries that have been effictive for long periods, but not approved here (ie Morning after pill France). Hospials: Relief from unnecessary Reg's. The waste of disposibles. When I was younger every DR' office had an autoclave to sterilize instruments. Now you ask a younger healthcare worker what an autoclave is they don't know. As J.C. Penny said "Watch the pennies and the Dollars will take care of themselves". We hear all about getting everyone insured. If we can’t get control of the cost of what’s being insured you will never be able to afford the insurence. Once all the overhead costs of the salad are added into the end cost yoou end up with an overpriced product that’s still infierior.

Drugs: The Wall Street Journal reported that 59 “B”illion was spent on marketing. We don’t advertise liquior or tabacco. Why not stop advertising drugs and reduce the prices. HHS should create a web site listing all drugs and the coditions they are used for. The Condition a drug is used for on the Rx label. Allow for the re-use of a Rx bottle for the same Rx.

FDA: Reorganize the the Deprtment to review approvals and regulations. Ask any healthecare worked and ask them to make a list of all the things they are required to do that have nothing to do with care. Thier eyes roll back and say it would be very long list. FDA should become pro-active and find procedures in other countries that have been effictive for long periods, but not approved here (ie Morning after pill France).
Hospials: Relief from unnecessary Reg’s. The waste of disposibles. When I was younger every DR’ office had an autoclave to sterilize instruments. Now you ask a younger healthcare worker what an autoclave is they don’t know.
As J.C. Penny said “Watch the pennies and the Dollars will take care of themselves”.

]]> By: Reforms that Don’t Work | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40351 Reforms that Don’t Work | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:01:28 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40351 [...] ridiculous claims about monetary savings). They also have been endorsed by what I call the "new consensus" folks: left and right, business and academic, government and nongovernment, public and [...] [...] ridiculous claims about monetary savings). They also have been endorsed by what I call the "new consensus" folks: left and right, business and academic, government and nongovernment, public and [...]

]]> By: Chris Ewin, MD http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40183 Chris Ewin, MD Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:38:31 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40183 Consensus Point No. 4: Primary Care Docs are changing the business model of medicine in order to continue practicing medicine. He who laughs first, laughs last....Merry Xmas Consensus Point No. 4: Primary Care Docs are changing the business model of medicine in order to continue practicing medicine.

He who laughs first, laughs last….Merry Xmas

]]> By: Marcy Zwelling http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40115 Marcy Zwelling Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:53:42 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40115 Thanks to Lisa Girion for understanding the pain our primary care physicians are facing as practices are closing all over the United States, in her <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-doctors15-2008dec15,0,4293105.story" rel="nofollow">article</a>. The Physicians Foundation Survey (published at the end of November) estimated that as many as 150,000 physicians will be leaving clinical medicine within the next 3 years: doctors who desperately want to continue to care for their patients. The survey found that the overwhelming paper work and regulatory restrictions stood between doctors and the patients who needed their professional expertise. Low or no reimbursements were the final straw driving doctors to leave their patients in order to make a living. Our leaders in Washington are ready to "reform" healthcare and to provide coverage for all Americans. But, if there are no doctors to provide the care necessary, the reforms cannot be successful. The LA County Medical Association asks that all conversations about reform be centered around the patient/doctor relationship. Financing MUST follow care rather than care following financing. Thanks to Lisa Girion for understanding the pain our primary care physicians are facing as practices are closing all over the United States, in her article. The Physicians Foundation Survey (published at the end of November) estimated that as many as 150,000 physicians will be leaving clinical medicine within the next 3 years: doctors who desperately want to continue to care for their patients. The survey found that the overwhelming paper work and regulatory restrictions stood between doctors and the patients who needed their professional expertise. Low or no reimbursements were the final straw driving doctors to leave their patients in order to make a living. Our leaders in Washington are ready to "reform" healthcare and to provide coverage for all Americans. But, if there are no doctors to provide the care necessary, the reforms cannot be successful. The LA County Medical Association asks that all conversations about reform be centered around the patient/doctor relationship. Financing MUST follow care rather than care following financing.

]]> By: Sven Berg http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40107 Sven Berg Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:14:25 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40107 I also recommend Dr. John Kitzhaber's keynote address to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement last week. His slides can be found at: http://www.ihi.org/ihi/files/Forum/2008/Handouts/K3_UnfinishedBusiness_Kitzhaber.pdf I also recommend Dr. John Kitzhaber’s keynote address to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement last week. His slides can be found at:

http://www.ihi.org/ihi/files/Forum/2008/Handouts/K3_UnfinishedBusiness_Kitzhaber.pdf

]]> By: David R. Henderson http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40101 David R. Henderson Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:08:24 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40101 John, Good one. Even better, watch "We The Jury." Made for USA channel TV movie. Plus McGillis is prettier than (Henry) Fonda. John,

Good one. Even better, watch “We The Jury.” Made for USA channel TV movie. Plus McGillis is prettier than (Henry) Fonda.

]]> By: Ed Harper http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40091 Ed Harper Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:07:29 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40091 John You are right -- Salad is easier to understand than health care. John

You are right — Salad is easier to understand than health care.

]]> By: Ed Harper http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40092 Ed Harper Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:00:35 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40092 John This did occur to me too. Right on again! John This did occur to me too. Right on again!

]]> By: Jon Utley http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40078 Jon Utley Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:11:05 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40078 John-- Did you ever see my Reason piece on runaway hospital costs? http://www.reason.com/news/show/127821.html Merry Christmas, Jon John–

Did you ever see my Reason piece on runaway hospital costs?

http://www.reason.com/news/show/127821.html

Merry Christmas,
Jon

]]> By: June O'Neill http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-40077 June O'Neill Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:10:17 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1407#comment-40077 Thank you for a laugh in these otherwise gloomy times, including the weather. Thank you for a laugh in these otherwise gloomy times, including the weather.

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