> Scott wrote: > Sounds to me like NM needs to change some laws to lure more > practitioners into the area. I don't see how that is a failure of the > 'health care system', though. >
Well, if you had a system where a physician was paid, say, $100k/yr no matter what their work (within reason) then there's nothing keeping them from working in bum-feck NM. Medicare works somewhat like this. The way it works now, though, if you want money you work in the city. Course Atul Gwande, a surgeon journalist writing the best stuff out there right now, would point out that costs and quality of care are driven by philosophy. Read his new yorker articles, specifically the one about the 2 texas towns; in it he describes how the Mayo clinic solved the quality problem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:299680 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
