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Americans consume enormously wasteful amounts of medical care. Kaiser Permenante seems to have excelled by reducing not medical care in general but specificall
by jbarciauskas 16y ago
Americans consume enormously wasteful amounts of medical care. Kaiser Permenante seems to have excelled by reducing not medical care in general but specifically that care which does not improve outcomes, as its record as having the best outcomes in the regions it serves proves.
The quote above was considered a "smoking gun" illustrating the depravity of the health insurance industry by Michael Moore in SiCKO but now is an incomplete summary of how KP has become a model of success.
- dadkins 16y agoMore recently (from Wikipedia): "In 1999, a number of groups successfully sued Kaiser Permanente in regard to its In the Hands of Doctors advertising campaign. The lawsuit revealed that doctors at the organization were not fully in control of decision-making and that there may have been persuasion to limit care with financial bonuses."