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[ Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:00 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Sunday Shots

Section:

Commentary

Summary:

During the Dog Day’s of August it is standard practice for the media to feature themselves.  This Sunday is was all about media coverage of the Health Care Reform debate, and Medical Insurance malfeasance.

Main:

The discussions were now all about:

* refining the message in the face of public confusion, anger, and fall poll numbers.

* appropriate end of life care, living wills, directives on the occasion of death, and counseling, funded or otherwise has been removed from pending federal legislation.

* cost shifting, burdens, benefits, mandates, phase in requirements, benefit creep, and the growing nation debt are now squarely on the table.

* former Senator, Tom Daschle, having lost out at HHS and the inner circle on policy in the White House continues to opine as to the poor quality of medical care based on outcomes compared to some of our European friends.  He appears to discount the role of research, technology, obesity, consumer choice, patient and family expectations, and defensive medicine as drivers of the cost of care.

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Posted by: webscribe2 on 08/16 at 10:00 AM
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