Tag Archives: health care reform
Prevention is All about the Doctor-Patient Relationship!
It’s all about prevention, but how can you even begin to address prevention when the real implementers of prevention aren’t even part of the discussion? I’m referring to the doctor-patient relationship which ultimately makes or breaks the entire system. Remember Dr. Welby? Remember when doctors were beloved and patients were respected and cared for? Those were the days when the cost of healthcare was not prohibitive. In those days genomics and MRIs were scarce but good will and health were abundant. What changed?
Full StoryConfusing Paid Health Services with Caring Muddles Thinking of Patients, Providers, and Reformers
The push is on to reform health services financing before the August Congressional break. Will haste give us another problematic law like No Child Left Behind? Or is it more important to pass something, anything, to get the ball rolling?
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