There needs to be a serious dialogue about what to do to fix our national blindness about the impending health care crisis. The American people are clueless about what is about to happen as our system slides into bankruptcy... We are losing our research funding faster than we're losing troops in Iraq and talented people aren't choosing medicine as a career (probably wisely). What can we do to stop it? Why are people happy to spend a fortune on entertainment and nothing on their health? Is nationalized health care the only option? There seems to be an endless fascination with health, medicine, and technology but an unrealistic expectation of the cost of unending access and the latest and greatest for everybody.
I'll be talking about clinical work (confidentially, of course). I'll talk about issues facing academic physicians and researchers, and issues of industry and it's role in American medicine. I hope that this will help us all understand these important issues and start a conversation about an important and proud profession.
1 comment:
Great blog I hope we can work to build a better health care system as we are in a major crisis and health insurance is a major aspect to many.
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