Comments on: Health Care’s Big Money Wasters; My Commentary http://www.ttmitchellconsulting.com/Mitchblog/health-cares-big-money-wasters-my-commentary/ Management, Leadership, Diversity, Customer Service, Motivation, and Healthcare Finance Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mitch http://www.ttmitchellconsulting.com/Mitchblog/health-cares-big-money-wasters-my-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-16150 Mitch Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:54:16 +0000 http://www.ttmitchellconsulting.com/Mitchblog/?p=984#comment-16150 Maria, I'm not sure almost anyone could make themselves better with a broken leg, especially if the bone is sticking out from the skin. Overall, though, I agree that there will always be waste in health care, because it's not a traditional business model. However, it can be minimized, and I've seen it happen. Maria, I’m not sure almost anyone could make themselves better with a broken leg, especially if the bone is sticking out from the skin. Overall, though, I agree that there will always be waste in health care, because it’s not a traditional business model. However, it can be minimized, and I’ve seen it happen.

]]> By: Torebki http://www.ttmitchellconsulting.com/Mitchblog/health-cares-big-money-wasters-my-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-16149 Torebki Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:44:46 +0000 http://www.ttmitchellconsulting.com/Mitchblog/?p=984#comment-16149 Of course health care waste money. Because so many people could live without a doctor. Ill? Go to drugstore and buy something that could help. Broke leg? Make it right by yourself. Got cancer? There is no hope for you anyway... That kind of thinking get us nowhere. Health care is not a factory where you can predict all costs. This is dynamic and changing thing that is almost completely unpredictable. Costs can be lowered or not. Making cuts surely will not affect those who take money to their pockets but patients. And these are all of us. Of course health care waste money. Because so many people could live without a doctor. Ill? Go to drugstore and buy something that could help. Broke leg? Make it right by yourself. Got cancer? There is no hope for you anyway…

That kind of thinking get us nowhere. Health care is not a factory where you can predict all costs. This is dynamic and changing thing that is almost completely unpredictable. Costs can be lowered or not. Making cuts surely will not affect those who take money to their pockets but patients. And these are all of us.

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