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Category Archives: Progressive BS

Hospital Death Rates Down, Who Cares?

We are constantly being told by the advocates of socialized medicine that the quality of American health care is bad and getting worse. Well, as usual, the facts are not their friends. A new AHRQ study shows significant improvement in hospital mortality rates:
Between 1994 and 2004, risk-adjusted impatient mortality rates for six selected diagnoses and […]

Posted 14 October 2007 † Catron § Journalistic BS § Statistical BS ‡ Comments (4)

Al Gore, Global Warming, and Health Care

Al Gore’s Nobel Prize reminded me of something that I’ve been meaning to blog about for some time: the health care implications of global warming. This subject has, in recent years, been getting more and more attention in some precincts of the medical community. Per the Washington Post: 
Spurred by what they see as an increasing […]

Posted 14 October 2007 † Catron § Political BS ‡ Comments (10)

Of PCPs and Specialists: The Holt and the Lame

The Health Wonk Review features a post in which Matthew Holt, after seemingly interminable throat-clearing, stumbles across one of the most serious problems facing American health care:
We have a huge over-preponderance of specialists who both earn way more than primary care physicians, and use considerably more resources.
Unfortunately, Holt fails to comprehend the significance of his […]

Posted 10 August 2007 † Catron § Physician BS ‡ Comments (5)

Socialized Medicine and Social Pretension

I have touched previously on the role of piety in the zombie-like consistency with which “progressives” adhere to the cause of socialized medicine, but it occurs to me that there is more to the story. Having considered the matter further, I think social pretension is also an important factor.
If one observes how “the reality-based community,” […]

Posted 27 July 2007 † Catron § Blog BS ‡ Comments (2)

Health Care and Progressive Piety

Ever wonder why the “progressive” community is so monolithic in its support for socialized medicine? Having pondered this mystery for some time, I’m unable to avoid the conclusion that it is all about piety. Progressives favor government-run health care not because it makes sense medically or economically, but because it gives them a sense of […]

Posted 30 April 2007 † Catron § Journalistic BS § Uninsured BS ‡ Comments (10)