Comments on: WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE AHA?! http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-the-aha/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 10 May 2012 21:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lee Welter http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-the-aha/#comment-461111 Lee Welter Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:48:05 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-the-aha/#comment-461111 Let me choose "the darkness of private enterprise" rather than suffer from the tyranny of government monopolies. Let me choose “the darkness of private enterprise” rather than suffer from the tyranny of government monopolies.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-the-aha/#comment-461105 Marc Brown Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:11:57 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-the-aha/#comment-461105 Nonsense. The proof is also when everyone agrees he's the right man bar the same whackos who line up with climate change deniers and intelligent design. Nonsense. The proof is also when everyone agrees he’s the right man bar the same whackos who line up with climate change deniers and intelligent design.

]]> By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-the-aha/#comment-461085 Catron Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:32:28 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-the-aha/#comment-461085 <i> ... who has already saved many lives through your hospital safety campaign ...</i> LOL ... He's hasn't saved squat. He's just another useless Harvard windbag, like the guy who nominated him. As for the "hospital safety campaign," it is regarded throughout the industry as a costly and ineffective charade. … who has already saved many lives through your hospital safety campaign …

LOL … He’s hasn’t saved squat. He’s just another useless Harvard windbag, like the guy who nominated him.

As for the “hospital safety campaign,” it is regarded throughout the industry as a costly and ineffective charade.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-the-aha/#comment-461028 Marc Brown Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:48:32 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/24/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-the-aha/#comment-461028 Er, maybe because Berwick is an outstanding physician, administrator and thinker who has already saved many lives through your hospital safety campaign, as the US is king of medical mistakes. I have no doubt he will be brilliant at tackling the massive waste in your system and improving outcomes, although only full single payer will truly start to make major inroads into your last place rating in western healthcare - the latest Commonwealth Fund report says: 'Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared to six other industrialized countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—on measures of health system performance in five areas: quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and the ability to lead long, healthy, productive lives...' Er, maybe because Berwick is an outstanding physician, administrator and thinker who has already saved many lives through your hospital safety campaign, as the US is king of medical mistakes. I have no doubt he will be brilliant at tackling the massive waste in your system and improving outcomes, although only full single payer will truly start to make major inroads into your last place rating in western healthcare – the latest Commonwealth Fund report says: ‘Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared to six other industrialized countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—on measures of health system performance in five areas: quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and the ability to lead long, healthy, productive lives…’

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