How American Health Care Killed My Father

Like every grieving family member, I looked for someone to blame for my father’s death. But my dad’s doctors weren’t incompetent—on the contrary, his hospital physicians were smart, thoughtful, and hard-working. Nor is he dead because of indifferent nursing—without exception, his nurses were dedicated and compassionate. Nor from financial limitations—he was a Medicare patient, and the issue of expense was never once raised. There were no greedy ... Full Story »

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Patricia L'Herrou
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by Patricia L'Herrou - Aug. 28, 2009

a very articulate, rational argument on why and particularly, how, to reform health care. written from a businessman's perspective, the writer brings important concepts to reform issues, from the current incentives which raise costs to consumer education, in making his primary argument that the government's role should not be to pay medical costs, but other aspects of reform.

some very important arguments are raised here, and some others about us, as consumers of health care in a business model, are not as thoughtfully compelling

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