The American health care system is more expensive than any other, without providing better results. The cure, says Brent James, is measurement. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Nicholas Kristof, Tim O'Reilly, New York Times (Most Emailed), Publish2 (U.S.)
Interesting story about one aspect of saving money on health care, which is by using more effective treatments. Doesn't mention lowering the cost of medications, banning direct-to-consumer advertising, changing to a system based on primary care, or working for primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention. Important, but needs major editing to reduce verbosity, as well as a broader outlook.
