Health Care from the perspective of a doctor

There's been a lot of talk about the article in the New Yorker a little while ago about money not buying results, when all is said and done. That article seems to have convinced Barack that we can save money but cutting costs in Medicare without any loss of quality in care.

I'm quite sympathetic to that view, but it is a little misleading, or so it seems. For instance, people talk about the Mayo clinic being cost-effective, and this is true compared to the national average, but demographics matter. See the link in this paragraph.

I do think it's a bit self-serving for a doctor to say more care does good, on average. Doctors do get paid more for more care, so I do have my doubts, but it does sound at least possible.