Why American MDs are unionizing
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> Dr. Wust said hospital administrators increasingly relied on management theories borrowed from other industries, like manufacturing, that sought to minimize excess capacity.
The best trick the devil ever pulled was getting an MBA.
But you gotta wonder, as the MBA types have parents suffering through the systems they themselves create if they'll realize that they are their own worst enemies? The irony here is so thick and tasty and deeply, deeply sad.
A bald-faced lie. The enemy has always been the lack of price transparency.
The way to get action is to force our representatives to dog-food what they allow on workers.
Many are ill and in no position to shop around. Look at assisted living facilities: A recent NY Times article talked about how they jack up prices on individual services. How can someone in an assisted living facility shop around and leave unless they have family to help? And even with family help, moving a weakened, ill, elderly relative can be very difficult and stressful for them.
I suspect this isn’t a surprise to HN, but something at least some of us have been anticipating.