Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.

"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
  -- Daniel Webster



Tuesday, November 11, 2003 :::
 

There's a tale in the American Spectator about the author taking his dying dog to the vet. Toward the end, though:
We won't have [the dog] too much longer, but the point of the story is not the sadness. What is the difference, in skill, sophistication, technological resources, and training, between a veterinarian and a physician who treats human beings? Not a whole lot. For perhaps 95 percent of what ails man or woman, we could all go happily to a veterinarian.

What accounts for the difference in price? (Just imagine what those procedures would have cost for a human being.) Dogs don't carry insurance, and dogs don't sue. Insurance disguises price. Last year, I went to an otolaryngologist to have a papilloma removed from my lip. The doctor's office could not even tell me what the procedure cost. When you don't know the price, you pay the price for ignorance.
Yeah, what he said.


::: posted by Steven at 1:51 PM


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