A Consumer By Any Other Name….

by Pippa Abston MD, PhD, FAAP Recently, Paul Krugman took on the use of the word “consumer” as applied to patients, in his blog post “Patients are not consumers” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1.  You should read it, and then come back...

Gerald W. Hunt: What Single Payer Offers

Single payer offers financing of universal, comprehensive healthcare services, meaning eye doctors, dentists, and bulk-purchased pharmaceuticals, as well as “common” medical services.  Health insurers offer stylized financial concoctions (plans) of care...