People say that the most expensive piece of medical equipment is the doctor's pen. It's not that we make all the money. It's that we order all the money.
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As a physician, I know many doctors want to utilize new technology, but they find the cost prohibitive.
Oh there are lots of doctors and medical professionals out there who buy my devices at whole sale price.
Insurance companies pay big bucks for procedures but next to nothing for patient consultations and preventive medicine, which is what most medicine is.
If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.
The vast majority of doctors really do try to take the money out of their minds. But to provide the best possible care requires using resources in a way that keeps you viable but improves the quality of care.
In order to deal with all the medical cost demands and other challenges in the U.S., as we look to raise that revenue, the rich will have to pay slightly more. That's quite clear.
Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.
In health care today, we spend most of the dollars - in terms of treating disease - in the last two years of a person's life.
America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.
It doesn't take a brain surgeon... or a cardiologist... or a pediatrician... or even a policy wonk to figure out that a penny's worth of preventive care is worth many dollars of sick care.
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