http://healthblog.ncpa.org/doctor-angst/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Tue, 22 May 2012 22:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://healthblog.ncpa.org/doctor-angst/comment-page-1/#comment-39825 Dan Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:34:07 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1208#comment-39825 Bill, I believe the answer to your question is: there is no limit. The reason: the managed care types cannot envision a market-based health care system. For them, there is no alternative to demand-side management. Bill, I believe the answer to your question is: there is no limit. The reason: the managed care types cannot envision a market-based health care system. For them, there is no alternative to demand-side management.

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/doctor-angst/comment-page-1/#comment-39824 Bill Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:31:14 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1208#comment-39824 On P4P, how many experiments do we have to have before it is clear to everyone that you cannot create efficient care by having the buyers of care tell the providers how to produce it? On P4P, how many experiments do we have to have before it is clear to everyone that you cannot create efficient care by having the buyers of care tell the providers how to produce it?

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/doctor-angst/comment-page-1/#comment-39823 Joe S. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:34:19 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1208#comment-39823 I can't blame the doctors. And I think it's going to get worse. The only doctors I know who are enjoying what they are doing are the ones who don't have to deal with third-party payers. I can’t blame the doctors. And I think it’s going to get worse. The only doctors I know who are enjoying what they are doing are the ones who don’t have to deal with third-party payers.

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