tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post915981642545163453..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: SWEET SORROWFUL SUSPICIONUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-88138598166024330662009-06-26T15:26:54.122-06:002009-06-26T15:26:54.122-06:00Thank you for posting the New Yorker address. The ...Thank you for posting the New Yorker address. The superbly researched piece examines why health care is so costly in McAllen, Texas, which has the highest Medicare costs in the country. When all is said and done, it is because the doctors and hospitals there treat medicine as a milch cow, to be milked for all it is worth; a lucrative business rather than a calling. By contrast, the fabled Mayo Clinic is one of the cheapest places to get good care--because its doctors treat medicine as a calling. <br /><br />The medical establishment itself is at the heart of this American tragedy, which Mary Scriver documents so well her own way.<br /><br />RSWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-17284010491369430662009-06-26T12:59:34.462-06:002009-06-26T12:59:34.462-06:00http://www.powells.com/review/newrep.html?utm_sour...http://www.powells.com/review/newrep.html?utm_source=review-a-day&utm_source=review-a-day&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_campaign=rad_20090625&utm_content=Partner%20IMG<br /><br />This is another EXCELLENT review by Dr. Nuland, whom I respect very much.<br /><br />Prairie MaryMary Strachan Scriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538160009129822362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-47150948356366200712009-06-26T12:38:45.303-06:002009-06-26T12:38:45.303-06:00http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/0906...http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande<br /><br />Richard Wheeler suggests this article is relevant. I agree. Thanks, R.<br /><br />Prairie MaryMary Strachan Scriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538160009129822362noreply@blogger.com