Thursday, October 08, 2009 (The Cost Conundrum)
The Cost Conundrum in June 1, 2009 issue of The New Yorker takes a look at why McAllen, Texas is one of the most expensive healthcare markets in the country. Medicare spent $15,000 per enrollee here, almost twice the national average. Atul Gawande looks at the possible reasons for such high costs from every conceivable angle. Obesity? Alcoholism? Fabulous care? Overuse? Misuse? Turns out, none of the above. Gawande has created an eye opening read we all should take in.
“The more money Medicare spent per person in a given state the lower that state’s quality ranking tended to be. In fact, the four states with the highest levels of spending—Louisiana, Texas, California, and Florida—were near the bottom of the national rankings on the quality of patient care.” (infographic: the Quality of Care VS the Cost of Medicare)
Unrelated to healthcare but still interesting: Dallas Clayton’s An Awesome Book is just that. | People reading at Barnes and Noble from Every Person in NY | Friends of Type
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JHill #
The Awesome Book’s one of our favorites. She loves to pick her favorite rocket powered unicorn and I get a kick out of her pointing out which group’s given up hope and which group’s never tried.
Bill Keller #
I ordered three of them myself. This is the year to turn one!
JHill #
Yep, I’ve ordered it for most of the kids I know. My daughter’s almost 4 and thinks it’s the best, except she can’t understand why the author doesn’t have eyes.