By Evan Falchuk
Ezra Klein suggests that the Problem with Doctors is that public opinion polls show that they are “pretty much beyond reproach.”
Why is this a problem?
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The Problem with Columnists
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Some of My Best Friends Are Doctors
Friday, June 19th, 2009By Evan Falchuk
Steven Pearlstein actually wrote that in the Washington Post on Wednesday, right after (another) long rant against physicians. At the end, he offers doctors an olive branch. Or maybe its an offer he thinks doctors can’t refuse:
The choice for doctors now is quite clear: They can agree to give up a modest amount of autonomy and income, embrace more collaboration in the way they practice medicine and take their rightful place at the center of a reform effort that will allow them to focus more on patient care. Or they can continue to blame everyone else and remain — stubbornly — a part of the problem.
After reading Pearlstein’s columns, I’m still sure not why he has such a problem with doctors. I am beginning to think it’s because he just misunderstands them.
More on Pearlstein
Thursday, June 11th, 2009By Evan Falchuk
Over at The Health Care Blog, Matthew Holt riffs on my post about Steve Pearlstein”s web chat about health care reform. Holt suggests I have “veered towards the side of unreason” after reading Pearlstein’s column and webinar.
Holt is wrong. I veered towards the side of unreason a long time ago, and it’s great over here.
But seriously, Holt is one the true thinkers in health care, so I wanted to add a couple of observations.
What in the World Is Steven Pearlstein Talking About?
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009By Evan Falchuk
Did you know that doctors are paid too much, wrongly complain about medical school debt, and falsely believe there is a medical malpractice crisis?
Did you know that doctors are hopelessly conflicted sellers of medical care, motivated by the search for extra income?
Well, then you haven’t read the Washington Post’s Steven Pearlstein’s work on health care reform.
Democracy is So Inconvenient
Monday, June 8th, 2009By Evan Falchuk
When absolutely sure you’re right about something, it can be so frustrating to have to convince people of it.
In a democratic system, especially ours, you need to have broad-based consensus to do “Big Important Things.” Health care reform is the latest Big Important Thing. And whatever you think about it, one thing is clear: there is no broad-based consensus.
Some people are looking for creative ways around the consensus problem.
Mutual Assured Destruction: Not the Answer to Med Mal Crisis
Monday, June 8th, 2009By Evan Falchuk
Doctors have a right to be mad about medical malpractice claims against them.
Is there a creative solution to this mess in an old tenet of nuclear deterrence? What if doctors aggressively went after patients who sued them, and pre-emptively warned them about even complaining on the internet about their experience?
On the surface it sounds attractive. The doctor lets his patients know the rules of the game: I do my best, and you agree that if things don’t work out, you won’t turn on me. But a closer look reveals how destructive it is.
Grand Rounds
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Welcome to Grand Rounds, Vol. 5, No. 36!
If you make the rounds of the blogosphere and the traditional media these days, you find lots of talk about health care. But it’s mostly abstract, and typically fixated on the politics of this or that plan.
However, there’s a whole other side to health care which isn’t seen or covered enough by traditional media or bloggers — the doctors, nurses, medical professionals and patients who actually are the health care system.
Blogs make it possible for these voices to be heard, and we’re very fortunate to have a great variety of blogs and bloggers to feature in this edition of Grand Rounds. These stories and these people need a more prominent place in the public mind, and I’m hopeful I can play a small part in that with this week’s edition.
The submissions this week come from as far away as Australia, South Africa and the UK, and as close to home as my hometown. But on the web these are all local calls, so I’ve categorized the more than 2 dozen submissions this week into a few topics.
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