tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052097781213973653.post53255882549004344..comments2023-10-25T02:52:26.716-07:00Comments on Tzimiskes: So What Should We Do About Health Care?Tzimiskeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13002441291627298737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052097781213973653.post-32425051522205323872010-11-14T14:23:30.542-08:002010-11-14T14:23:30.542-08:00I agree with that. I don't think we'll be...I agree with that. I don't think we'll be able to do this in a few reforms, it will take many. I do think that the critical element is to get all of the interest groups to feel enough pain that they want to reform the system as a whole, rather than to redistribute the pain to other actors.Tzimiskeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002441291627298737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052097781213973653.post-13037260210938153502010-11-14T07:20:39.286-08:002010-11-14T07:20:39.286-08:00The biggest problem, I think, is that nobody knows...The biggest problem, I think, is that nobody knows enough about the system to make reliable proposals. It's really massive and a medical expert, a hospitals expert and a public health expert probably together don't know enough to put together a proposal that won't create perverse incentives in other parts of the system. We're just going to have to try stuff and fix the problems, I think.<br /><br />Unrelated but I'm watching Fareed Zakaria as I type and George Schultz is on and was just giving a gardening metaphor for diplomacy which gave a very pleasant Being There flashback.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com