Solving US Health Care Cost Problems: Free Market vs Government Policy. Part 1

I apologize in advance for the somewhat scattered nature of this post. I’m trying to work through some ideas. What I’m trying to figure out is whether certain cost problems in the US health care system can be solved using free market approaches or whether solutions require government intervention. The nature of the problems I’m looking […]

Day 3: Psychological Jade and The Arrogance of Ignorance

IntroductionBefore reading this, I suggest reading my post from yesterday since most of what I talk about here relates to it (and I end up retracting most of what I said).‘The arrogance of ignorance’ is one of my favorite phrases. I’m not sure of its origins but I heard it first from Dr. Steven Novella. […]

Day 2: Naiveté, Falsificationism, and the Counterfactual

Psychiatric InpatientMany years ago in my early 20s I read a short story that stuck with me for its nightmarish realism. I can’t remember the title or the author, although I think it was G.G. Marquez. I do know it was a Latin American author (if you know the story I’m talking about let me […]

Day 1: First Impressions

For the next month-ish I’m observing rounds in a Cleveland-area hospital. More on how I got here later, for now here are some of my first impressionsWaitingFrom my notebook while I was waiting for the MICU (Medical Intensive Care Unit) rounds to start.7:30amPeople look tired but are friendly with each other. A janitor sees me […]

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