Comments on: Healthcare, technology, monopoly and costs http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/healthcare-technology-monopoly-and-costs/ One Damn Thing Leads to Another Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:57:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: lrC http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/healthcare-technology-monopoly-and-costs/#comment-516 lrC Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:51:47 +0000 http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/?p=274#comment-516 The silly belief on the right, correctly stated, is that the demand outstrips resources sufficiently to be approximately infinite by comparison. The point is that even if we spent 100% of our disposable income on health care we should still fall well short of all the possible therapies and cures we might desire. That which is unattainable is, in practical terms, infinitely far away no matter how close you think you can approach asymptotically. So, options must be prioritized and choices must be made, and the heart of the debate lies in the determination of who should have the power to set the priorities and make the choices. The silly belief on the right, correctly stated, is that the demand outstrips resources sufficiently to be approximately infinite by comparison. The point is that even if we spent 100% of our disposable income on health care we should still fall well short of all the possible therapies and cures we might desire. That which is unattainable is, in practical terms, infinitely far away no matter how close you think you can approach asymptotically.

So, options must be prioritized and choices must be made, and the heart of the debate lies in the determination of who should have the power to set the priorities and make the choices.

]]> By: Robert McClelland http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/healthcare-technology-monopoly-and-costs/#comment-515 Robert McClelland Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:50:12 +0000 http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/?p=274#comment-515 "from head surgeon to apprentice bottle washer - are paid and paid well regardless of outcome." Ignorance is bliss, or in this case, Jay's middle name. Many of the non medical services in our healthcare system have been taken over by sub contractors from the private sector, Jay. And who wants a head surgeon that's getting paid WalMart wages. “from head surgeon to apprentice bottle washer - are paid and paid well regardless of outcome.”

Ignorance is bliss, or in this case, Jay’s middle name. Many of the non medical services in our healthcare system have been taken over by sub contractors from the private sector, Jay. And who wants a head surgeon that’s getting paid WalMart wages.

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