http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/130 Susan Mazer's Blog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/130#comment-64 joe wasserman Wed, 13 May 2009 18:06:08 +0000 http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/130#comment-64 We need a culture change in our country. Good health and good care require participation by everyone- consumer, government, providers,employers, and insurors. too often healthcare reform focuses on finance reform only. We need a culture change in our country. Good health and good care require participation by everyone- consumer, government, providers,employers, and insurors. too often healthcare reform focuses on finance reform only.

]]> http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/130#comment-65 smazer Wed, 13 May 2009 18:13:39 +0000 http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/130#comment-65 Joe, I appreciate the breadth of the demands to make this change. It appears that more players, if not all, are showing up. I also agree with you regarding the reforms being discussed are only financial. As Lee Kaiser said, rearranging the deck chairs. THis time, we may even be buying cheaper chairs...but the ship will sink without a new paradigm. The codependent relationship between the consumer and the healthcare system has worked well in the for-profit model. Right now, however, the only way to make real changes are to change the codependence into mutual responsibility. Joe, I appreciate the breadth of the demands to make this change. It appears that more players, if not all, are showing up. I also agree with you regarding the reforms being discussed are only financial. As Lee Kaiser said, rearranging the deck chairs. THis time, we may even be buying cheaper chairs…but the ship will sink without a new paradigm. The codependent relationship between the consumer and the healthcare system has worked well in the for-profit model. Right now, however, the only way to make real changes are to change the codependence into mutual responsibility.

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