tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135643188634165782.post2600308442855021114..comments2023-11-03T04:18:47.077-07:00Comments on Brick and rope: Health care USA, aka bizarro-landJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04389094051972795199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135643188634165782.post-53732250450742379592010-02-25T19:09:07.136-08:002010-02-25T19:09:07.136-08:00I agree with Pankaj. As an outsider, I think the c...I agree with Pankaj. As an outsider, I think the core problem in the US healthcare problem is the constrained supply of trained doctors and medical staff. If one looks at the example of UK, they had similar issues but have been importing large number of medical professionals from India in the last few years. As a result, services are getting a bit better, maybe cheaper too. The US, on the other hand is hell bent on making its own medical education inordinately long and expensive and cutting down cheaper imports :-)Random workerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042243184738284026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135643188634165782.post-10466039961014896462010-02-25T07:51:01.267-08:002010-02-25T07:51:01.267-08:00Nice anecdotes. Bizarro-land indeed. I'm convi...Nice anecdotes. Bizarro-land indeed. I'm convinced that doctors and nurses are part of the problem in the US healthcare system, and at least in this case, health insurance companies are fighting the good fight by negotiating their rates down.<br /><br />I wonder how much Sushruta charged for fixing a fracture 1500 years ago - I mean, this stuff isn't exactly rocket science, we've known how to do this for a long long time, so why the eff is it so expensive?<br /><br />Doctors are able to charge these exorbitant rates partly because the AMA constrains the supply of doctors by controlling the number of medical schools. Fewer medical schools = expensive tuition, and fewer doctors. Fewer doctors who all had to pay ridiculous amounts in tuition = even more ridiculous charges for simple things like fixing a fracture.Pankaj Kakkarnoreply@blogger.com