Jim Holincheck

• McAllen, Texas and the high cost of health care : The New Yorker

  This is a companion link to the other healthcare link I posted today. There are examples of providing high quality care at lower relative cost. The challenge with healthcare is systemic. The incentives are for doctors to provide more care (more tests, more visits, etc.) not necessarily achieve better outcomes. Until that changes, it does not matter who pays (single payer, private health insurance), we will not have dealt with the root cause of the problem.

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• Compensation Cafe: The Healthcare Cost Spiral

  Important thoughts about the need for healthcare reform in the US. The focus on the single payer system obscures the fact that the status quo is not acceptable.

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