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Specialization in health care means more cost to the system

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:58:00 +0000

It’s the unfortunate reality that while increased specialization of labor in health care can result in better care, it most certainly results in more expensive care. This is going to be an issue until we find a way to pay more for “brain time” or “cognitive medicine.”

From, the NY Times: Let Doctors Bid for Medicare Business

Researchers have observed that having one additional specialist (per 100,000 people) in

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Obama v. McCain: Is healthcare a right?

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:28:57 +0000

Over the past few weeks, healthcare has not been the top story in the news. America’s money has been the focus recently, and rightfully so.

The two are very much related though, as money buys healthcare, and good health allows our economy to generate money.

For those that have been following the presidential race, it should be clear that one of the biggest fundamental differences between the candidates has to do with the level of regulation…