Comments on: More doctorly fun! http://www.neverbeencool.com/2008/07/01/more-doctorly-fun/ patron saint of nerds Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:00:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jacob http://www.neverbeencool.com/2008/07/01/more-doctorly-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Jacob Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:23:32 +0000 http://www.neverbeencool.com/2008/07/01/more-doctorly-fun/#comment-772 I think a lot of people who say that private industry is automatically better than government agencies has never dealt with a cable, phone, other private utility company or company in an industry where startup costs limit competition. The free market works great unaided for retail and restaurants where bad service and bad product sink you unless your price point is low enough to lower expectations. The medical industry just has too few doctors. Every practice is full so we always go to to the same one. Insurance is a high startup cost industry so it's really hard to get a cut rate group going. I think a lot of people who say that private industry is automatically better than government agencies has never dealt with a cable, phone, other private utility company or company in an industry where startup costs limit competition. The free market works great unaided for retail and restaurants where bad service and bad product sink you unless your price point is low enough to lower expectations. The medical industry just has too few doctors. Every practice is full so we always go to to the same one. Insurance is a high startup cost industry so it’s really hard to get a cut rate group going.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.neverbeencool.com/2008/07/01/more-doctorly-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-771 Aaron Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:50:25 +0000 http://www.neverbeencool.com/2008/07/01/more-doctorly-fun/#comment-771 Wow, your clinic makes Kaiser seem organized and efficient. You're a geek, so you've probably heard of IBM's old mainframe operating system... OS/360. Supposedly that was the name they came up with because it was going to be a completely new direction from their previous offering. Pause a moment and consider what direction one is going if they make a 360 degree turn... Wow, your clinic makes Kaiser seem organized and efficient.

You’re a geek, so you’ve probably heard of IBM’s old mainframe operating system… OS/360. Supposedly that was the name they came up with because it was going to be a completely new direction from their previous offering.

Pause a moment and consider what direction one is going if they make a 360 degree turn…

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