Opinion from Atul Gawande; news on health reform
December 7, 2009 | 3:27
pm
The author and surgeon weighs in, via the New Yorker, on the Senate bill's cost-control measures, or lack thereof:
He writes:
"Where we crave sweeping transformation, however, all the current bill offers is those pilot programs, a battery of small-scale experiments. The strategy seems hopelessly inadequate to solve a problem of this magnitude. And yet -- here’s the interesting thing -- history suggests otherwise."
Read more.
His points are well-taken. But feel free to disagree.
On the news front, from today's Los Angeles Times, there's:
Senate healthcare talks picks up pace
The fight's back in John McCain
And now appearing on the blog D.C. Now, there's:
Abortion debate begins as part of Senate healthcare bill
-- Tami Dennis
