tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958880090596233405.post4634053309144165308..comments2023-12-26T11:12:19.407-05:00Comments on From a Different Perspective...: Adding Insult to IllnessKim Bellardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491479485371241260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958880090596233405.post-17490012472105187172015-07-26T18:13:41.198-04:002015-07-26T18:13:41.198-04:00A Linkedin reader cited a very interesting 2011 NE...A Linkedin reader cited a very interesting 2011 NEJM article -- http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb1013826 -- which had multiple recommendations for bending the cost curve. The one in particular this reader referenced was: "We suggest a simple rule: patients must be well enough to walk unaided into the clinic to receive chemotherapy." Kim Bellardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491479485371241260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958880090596233405.post-1506013347210096392015-07-25T10:17:31.421-04:002015-07-25T10:17:31.421-04:00The examples keep rolling in: http://www.nytimes.c...The examples keep rolling in: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/business/us-approves-drug-that-can-sharply-lower-cholesterol-levels.html?ref=businessKim Bellardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491479485371241260noreply@blogger.com