tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2308282620289958037.post3869301691920625508..comments2023-08-08T08:41:19.586-04:00Comments on The Medical Contrarian: Health care economics and the "fatal conceit"The Medical Contrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09240492315542223258noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2308282620289958037.post-46463695520113349832012-08-10T12:47:25.446-04:002012-08-10T12:47:25.446-04:00The most perverse element of the system, but absol...The most perverse element of the system, but absolutely critical for its success, is that it precludes independent practice by physicians outside of de facto state control. Essential because if independent practitioners provide either perceived or demonstrably higher quality care the majority of the population under the collective system will realize they are being shortchanged, conceivably of some years of life itself if the statistics from western countries with socialized medicine are accurate. You don't know how bad off you are unless you have some metric to compare it to.CAMnoreply@blogger.com