A Massachusetts Surgeon Weighs in on the Meaning of Scott Brown’s Senate Victory: Post 81
Warning to readers: This post, like a previous post, Gotcha: A surgeon dissects patient-centered care, contains more rant than reason. Those who feel passionately that Congress is doing a great job dealing with the people’s healthcare should look elsewhere for confirmation of their views.
In An Interview with Stuart Altman, this distinguished healthcare economist mentioned Altman’s Law, that advocacy groups seek to preserve the status quo rather than adopt another plan that might disadvantage their interests.
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Posted: January 24th, 2010 under WaterCooler Collaboration.
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An Interview with Stuart H. Altman
Bio: Stuart H. Altman is the Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at Brandeis University. From 2000-2002 he was Co-Chair for the Legislative Health Care Task Force for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is Chair of The Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, a private non-partisan group whose mission is to analyze important economic aspects of the U.S. health care system and to evaluate proposed changes in the system. He is also Chair of The Health Industry Read more »
Posted: December 10th, 2008 under WaterCooler Collaboration.
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