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Atul Gawande on Health Care Costs
He is also the author of the book, 'Better: a Surgeon's Notes on Performance' a very remarkable book on becoming better.
- Leon 17y agoHe is also the author of the book, 'Better: a Surgeon's Notes on Performance' a very remarkable book on becoming better.
- paulsmith 17y agoA little context: this was the article that so moved the President that he insisted that Senators read it at a recent White House meeting on health care reform: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/us/politics/09health.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/us/politics/09health.html
- sachinag 17y agoAlso note that the AMA is in favor of additional payments to doctors, and therefore want to see more McAllens. (Both parents are docs, both are AMA members, both don't care/know about the organization's politics. sigh)
- reedlaw 17y agoJohn Stossel has an interesting dissenting opinion: http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel.html http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel.html
- mhb 17y agoLink to the article instead of the audio: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande?yrail http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_...