Hits & Misses – 2009/3/10
The obverse of the "difficult" patient: Patients who (should, but) don't challenge their doctors.
Americans are not cutting back on health care: Spending is up $36 billion.
Where doctors are way ahead on health IT: Using software to get paid up front.
People aren’t cutting back on health care because it is about the only consumer item where you can send the bill to someone else.
I believe you guys also reported that jobs are growing in health care. It’s a growth industry, even in the middle of a deep recession.