Three Ideas That Thwart Solutions to the Medical Care Crisis
Posted on 05/31/2012 by Carole Carson | Fat to Fit | Comments
Personal HealthThe medical delivery system is under pressure to provide quality health care despite these dire trends: · Reduced access because of the closing of community hospitals and low-cost clinics, · Staggering increases in the cost of drugs, medical treatment and insurance, · An increasing reluctance of HMO’s to refer patients to specialists, and · A dramatic increase in the number of uninsured, now estimated at 50 million and growing. I could also mention the loss of physicians who are retiring …

