Comments on: NEJM CO-OPTED BY THE LEFT

By: drmatt

drmatt — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:24:59 +0000

“We do not, as Kuttner would admit if he were an honest man, have a “commercialized” health care system.”

Catron, you need to buy a dictionary, there is not a day that goes by that I dont see or hear commercials for hospitals, drugs, specialty care, medical devices ets. additionally, all of the organizations that operate within health care work for “commerce” (the base word of commercialize) except the few not for profit community health centers. Despite government meddling this is still commercialized medicine, if you would like to work on your honesty you can say it is not a “free market” but you cannot say it is not commercialized, unless of course you want to continue embelishing to suit your own agenda, in that case…..carry on.

By: Catron

Catron — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:32:45 +0000

“The charges taken out of US healthcare for profit, admin and market are massive. There’s no dispute about that.” In reality, many people dispute it, including Charlie Baker in this post. “The NHS has no shortage of primary care doctors.” Here’s an article from the Evening Standard that says otherwise. And here’s an article from the BBC that says it's going to get worse. And here’s an article from The Independent about the dentist shortage.

By: Marc Brown

Marc Brown — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:03:37 +0000

First, the charges taken out of US healthcare fo profit, admin and market are massive. There’s no dispute about that. Second, the NHS has no shortage of primary care doctors - the generous package offered by the government (some say over-generous) has ensured that. And third, you’d have us believe that the UK NHS is now infiltrated by Al Qaeda, and that presumably the US is populated only by Native Americans and not a single immigrant works in healthcare. Are you gunning for a sketch writer’s job on late night TV?

By: Ed Sodaro MD

Ed Sodaro MD — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:50:57 +0000

When I was a student the NEJM was the Word From On High.

How the mighty have fallen. The most disgraceful and scary thing is that this hack job agitprop abomination may have actually been peer reviewed!