Monday, September 14, 2009

THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS

Dr. Sam Nussbaum asks: So who, then, are the real villains in health care?

Are they the world's best-trained physicians and health care professionals who care for our loved ones? Perhaps our hospitals, which bring both employment and cutting-edge medical technologies to our communities? Our pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device companies, whose researchers give hope to those afflicted with diseases once thought incurable? Or our insurance companies, which provide access to these vital health services and whose nurses help coordinate care for patients? The answer is all of these groups standing together. The villain is our collective overgrazing on the commons of the U.S. health care system.

He forgot the most important villan - us.

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