The Mysterious Demise of World Health Networks - Fugitive Kazakhs, the Trump Organization, Dodgy Visa Applications, Oh My

DiscussionAs we have previously discussed, based on the doctrines ofneoliberalism ormarket fundamentalism, the US health care system is increasingly dominated by for-profit corporations.  The practice of medicine is increasinglycorporate.  Hospitals and hospital systems are increasingly owned by for-profit corporations.  Health insurance is increasingly provided by for-profit companies.  Drug, device and biotechnology companies have been almost entirely commercial for a long time.  And touted as  sources of innovations, there are entrepreneurial start-ups everywhere offering new products and services.  All of this has been happening in a climate of deregulation, laissez faire, and laissez les bon temps roulez.It may be that all this has produced a lot of innovation, but very little of it has proved to be capable of meaningful improvement in patient or public health outcomes.Admittedly, the story above may be an extreme example.  However it does suggest that in a laissez faire envirnoment, an awful lot of churn is generated by fast buck schemes, some of which may not be entirely honest, or legal.  Furthermore, the tides of money rolling through the system may be attracting people much more interested in short-term returns than health care outcomes.  So we spend more and more, perhaps producing innovations, but without much obvious improvement in patients ' or the people ' s health.True health care reform might involve decreasin...
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