Comments on: Push or Pull? http://glasshospital.com/2010/03/04/push-or-pull/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=push-or-pull Demystifying Medicine One Week at a Time Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam http://glasshospital.com/2010/03/04/push-or-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Adam Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:02:53 +0000 http://glasshospital.com/?p=109#comment-102 You are correct that there is no solution under the current status quo. The government expects the private sector to provide health care but then sets up a huge number of constraints and restrictions that prevent the private sector from succeeding. Either a fully private system (like the US used to have) or a fully public system (like Canada has) offer a major advantage, namely that the decision-makers have flexibility and control and can make hard decisions. The current US system of ambiguity between gov't, hospitals, insurance and individuals is not the recipe for success. It is the recipe for a unending political battle. You are correct that there is no solution under the current status quo. The government expects the private sector to provide health care but then sets up a huge number of constraints and restrictions that prevent the private sector from succeeding.

Either a fully private system (like the US used to have) or a fully public system (like Canada has) offer a major advantage, namely that the decision-makers have flexibility and control and can make hard decisions.

The current US system of ambiguity between gov’t, hospitals, insurance and individuals is not the recipe for success. It is the recipe for a unending political battle.

]]> By: Dr. Grumpy http://glasshospital.com/2010/03/04/push-or-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Dr. Grumpy Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:00:35 +0000 http://glasshospital.com/?p=109#comment-79 I don't have any answers. Have you looked into how this is done in other countries, such as Canada? I don't know if they have a different system for handling patient turnover. Although the payor system is different, the inner working of hospitals are similar. I don’t have any answers. Have you looked into how this is done in other countries, such as Canada? I don’t know if they have a different system for handling patient turnover. Although the payor system is different, the inner working of hospitals are similar.

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