tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post2072299992119381434..comments2023-07-14T02:53:40.719-07:00Comments on retired doc's thoughts: AMA joins the "gangwaggon" to guilt doctors to become stewards of society's resourcesjames gaultehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-18624497403319761942012-06-26T14:52:06.491-07:002012-06-26T14:52:06.491-07:00Waiting to Save Money on health care
(At the link,...<a href="http://easyopinions.blogspot.com/#d110906" rel="nofollow"><b>Waiting to Save Money on health care</b></a><br />(At the link, see the link at the upper right)<br /><br /><b>MedClerk</b>: Okay now. We will schedule your cancer surgery 15 weeks from now. This will save precious national health resources.<br /><b>Jim</b>: How does that delay save money?<br /><b>MedClerk</b>: You might die in the meantime and not need surgery.<br /><br />Lack of resources or a shortage of doctors can increase waiting times. Further, some parts of the UK health service have discovered that long waits save money for the "system".<br /><br />09/06/11 - Daniel J. Mitchell<br /><br />The Telegraph UK - National Health Service makes patients wait "to lower expectations".<br />=== ===<br />[edited] At least 10 primary care trusts (PCTs) in Britian have told hospitals to increase the wait to treat patients, to save money.<br /><br />Some patients endured delays of 12-15 weeks after their doctors decided on surgery, although hospitals could have seen them sooner. The allowed maximum is 18 weeks.<br /><br />One manager said "short waiting times create more demand for treatment". An NHS watchdog suggested that long wait times cause patients to remove themselves from the lists "either by dying or by paying for their own treatment". PCTs have gamed the system, using maximum limits to delay treatment.<br />=== ===<br /><br />When you control your own payment for health care, you are a valued customer. When you prepay through taxes, you are a cost and a statistic.Andrew_M_Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855052302054611917noreply@blogger.com