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Surgeon, Writer, Researcher, Dilettante. https://www.ariadnelabs.org/  http://www.lifebox.org/ 

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    Atul Gawande‏Verified account @Atul_Gawande 19 Jan 2014

    Paying Till It Hurts. Key @nytimes series concludes by asking why diff pts pay $474 to $7594 for same skin procedurehttp://nyti.ms/1dK5SVB 

    11:43 AM - 19 Jan 2014
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      2. Some Random Penguin‏ @DocOnSkis 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        @Atul_Gawande @DrJenGunter @nytimes Short answer is that private fee for service medicine is a bad way to provide healthcare.

        1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
      3. irene haralabatos‏ @rini6 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @DocOnSkis

        @DocOnSkis @DrJenGunter @Atul_Gawande @nytimes The market system does not cannot work in health care.

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      4. Thomas Levenson‏ @TomLevenson 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @rini6

        .@rini6 @DocOnSkis @DrJenGunter @Atul_Gawande @nytimes …wh is to say that market failure in health care has been understood for a long time

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      5. Thomas Levenson‏ @TomLevenson 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @TomLevenson

        s.@rini6 @DocOnSkis @DrJenGunter @Atul_Gawande @nytimes Except for those who profit by remaining "ignorant" of health care market failure...

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      6. Tweet Child O' Mine‏ @EwwMoist 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @TomLevenson

        @TomLevenson @rini6 @DocOnSkis @DrJenGunter @Atul_Gawande @nytimes Prices for less regulated medicine like LASIK keep dropping.

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      7. irene haralabatos‏ @rini6 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @EwwMoist

        @EwwMoist @TomLevenson @DocOnSkis @DrJenGunter @Atul_Gawande @nytimes LASIK is not basic medical care. For most, it is a luxury.

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      8. Tweet Child O' Mine‏ @EwwMoist 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @rini6

        @rini6 Nonetheless, free market works when allowed to.

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      9. Some Random Penguin‏ @DocOnSkis 20 Jan 2014
        Replying to @EwwMoist

        .@EwwMoist @rini6 Medicine is not a business. Anyone (at the delivery of care end) who thinks it is needs to read that again.

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      1. La Voz de La Paz‏ @lavozdelHULP 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        Pagar hasta que duela: MT“@Atul_Gawande: Key @nytimes series: Why diff pts pay $474 to $7594 for same procedure? http://nyti.ms/1dK5SVB ”

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      2. IP4PI‏ @IP4PI 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        @Atul_Gawande @nytimes People pay wild rates because government & insurance took #freemarket #competition & #individual #healthfreedom away

        1 reply 6 retweets 1 like
      3. RocK8Doc‏ @RocK8Doc 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @IP4PI

        @IP4PI @Atul_Gawande @nytimes B'cos Govt enabled Diff Rates for Different players by curtailing freedom and transparency throuh regulations.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Saurabh Jha‏ @RogueRad 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @RocK8Doc

        @RocK8Doc @AAPSonline Interesting. Are you alluding to anti trust? Or some other regulation? @kidRay9

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      5. RocK8Doc‏ @RocK8Doc 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @RogueRad

        @RogueRad @AAPSonline @kidRay9 I was referring in general including AT, all of them that serve as barriers to price discovery.

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      6. Saurabh Jha‏ @RogueRad 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @RocK8Doc

        @RocK8Doc @AAPSonline @kidRay9 Some regulations hurt more than others. Pick them. Healthcare won't be like buying Apple IPads. Ever

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      7. RocK8Doc‏ @RocK8Doc 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @RogueRad

        @RogueRad @AAPSonline @kidRay9 Why not w some exceptions ? Anti Trust?MFA is the most important and the others like CPT based Price Fixing

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      8. Saurabh Jha‏ @RogueRad 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @RocK8Doc

        @RocK8Doc @AAPSonline @kidRay9 To solve charge master rates you don't need complete free market capitalism (2/2)

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      1. Joe Fifer‏ @HFMAFifer 22 Jan 2014
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        @Atul_Gawande @nytimes Lack of transparency in a fee for service model. Two big flaws

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      1. Ro Kwauk‏ @Gastein 22 Jan 2014
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        @Atul_Gawande @nytimes

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      1. Mirochna‏ @DocRockne 19 Jan 2014
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        @Atul_Gawande @nytimes that was a table, not the conclusion.

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