tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post5019005505044921692..comments2023-07-14T02:53:40.719-07:00Comments on retired doc's thoughts: Platonic Medicine and the ACA with its IPABjames gaultehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-55241042034034264782011-06-25T13:59:52.220-07:002011-06-25T13:59:52.220-07:00Andrew,
Yeah,you know who the "we" are.Andrew,<br />Yeah,you know who the "we" are.james gaultehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-47065835979939606322011-06-25T13:49:35.299-07:002011-06-25T13:49:35.299-07:00Retired Doc: "I wonder who the "we"...Retired Doc: "I wonder who the "we" is that Berenson references."<br /><br />The "we" is the collective, colloquially "The Borg". They are certain, all together, that their higher intelligence and dispationate love for statistically determined medicine is the best for the mass of humanity which must be assimilated.<br /><br />They were hyperlinked while attending elite colleges and working as assistants to politicians. They belong to a subtle and powerful network. We plebians will never know the joy of that interconnection, nor the joy of having government and academic health benefits which exclude them from the enlightened policies which they will administer.<br /><br />These are the people who hated mathematics and statistics in college, and didn't understand them one bit. Now, they embrace the results of any statistical "study" lumping together the medical results of thousands, to produce a one-size-fits-all protocol to reduce costs, forced on everyone who is non-Borg.<br /><br />Their motto: "I have found my calling in life as an efficiency expert." They dream of returning to the 1950's. They think that progress will come from standardizing the assembly line, rather than inventing new products.Andrew_M_Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855052302054611917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-48463725582806518072011-06-22T13:02:04.523-07:002011-06-22T13:02:04.523-07:00One of the stated reasons that the ACP was critica...One of the stated reasons that the ACP was critical of the current model of IPAB was that it did not have a representative of primary medical care but they did not seem to object to the concept generally.<br /><br />Maybe if a representative of ACP were chosen as one of "Plato's guardians",they could be more supportive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com