Kerostasis

*looks for something to disagree with*

*doesn't find anything worth mentioning*

Well said, Steeler.

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ScratchMonkey

The same way you do in every other industry. Intel and AMD don't make better CPUs out of the goodness of their hearts. A company sells what customers want to buy. If doctors aren't selling better health, it's because the demand they see is for something else. You need to set things up so more health leads to more total profit.

Doctors, like cops, teachers, and soldiers, generally do try to be good people. But they also have to eat and pay for their kids' braces and college and their wives' fancy parties. Greed is often transitive. People do good jobs in spite of the pressures on them to just make money.

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leejo

Andy Grove wrote a terrific article with some good suggestions for managing our health care costs. http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/29/news...tune/index.htm

I suggest that medicare and social security will change dramatically soon. Instead of bitching about it, prepare for it. This whole debate reminds me of the guys who used to gripe about "uneven teams" and "newb toobs" instead of using their brains to adapt and face reality. I certainly understand wanting something for nothing, but seriously the writing's on the wall with free medical care for anyone on earth who can crawl into a US emergency room legally or otherwise. Get busy getting ready for change.

As is usually the case, I'm interested in the angle. Rumor has it that Wal*Mart will change healthcare in this country in a few years.