Atul Gawande on Health Care Costs (newyorker.com) 11 points by Leon 17y ago ↗ HN He is also the author of the book, 'Better: a Surgeon's Notes on Performance' a very remarkable book on becoming better.
[–] Leon 17y ago ↗ He is also the author of the book, 'Better: a Surgeon's Notes on Performance' a very remarkable book on becoming better.
[–] paulsmith 17y ago ↗ A little context: this was the article that so moved the President that he insisted that Senators read it at a recent White House meeting on health care reform:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/us/politics/09health.html [–] sachinag 17y ago ↗ Also note that the AMA is in favor of additional payments to doctors, and therefore want to see more McAllens.(Both parents are docs, both are AMA members, both don't care/know about the organization's politics. sigh)
[–] sachinag 17y ago ↗ Also note that the AMA is in favor of additional payments to doctors, and therefore want to see more McAllens.(Both parents are docs, both are AMA members, both don't care/know about the organization's politics. sigh)
[–] reedlaw 17y ago ↗ John Stossel has an interesting dissenting opinion:http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel.html
[–] mhb 17y ago ↗ Link to the article instead of the audio: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_...
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(Both parents are docs, both are AMA members, both don't care/know about the organization's politics. sigh)
http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel.html