Just to play devil's advocate... is the airline industry the best analogy to use.. What you say is true, but the industry is infamous for piss poor customer service, reliability and scheduling...
Would we want that in our hospitals, as the price for drastically lowered cost. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC 27616 (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:19 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: PSA: So Much Misinformation > Dana wrote: > > ok, Gruss, sure. But you know -- that isn't always possible. > I'm guessing you mean the choice, but that's a different point. My point is this: why is it that with $2000 I can lease a spot on a $100M piece of equip that requires pilots, mechanics, staff, etc and is highly regulated. And I can use it for 8-20 hours AND get meals and entertainment. Yet if I go into a hospital I can barely get through the door for $2000. The point is that costs seem ridiculous in healthcare - they seem WAY out of line with any other industry. Yet what we hear from people is that the "low hanging fruit" is on the people that pay the bills NOT on the costs. I disagree, and it's easy to see why when you compare with the airlines. Think of it: if the airlines ran a, say, MRI think of how cheap it would be!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298460 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
