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Responding to WhiteCoat’s Response30 Nov 2008 WhiteCoat kindly responded to my comment in his original blog post on Tier 4 drug plans. My original comment was:
13 Somewhat-Forgotten Medical TV Shows29 Nov 2008
A while back I chronicled some interesting trivia on 7 Famous Medical TV Shows. I admit that many of the famous shows in that post were based on my subjective evaluation; there are several shows, albeit lesser known to me, which absolutely need mentioning, starting with: 1. Ben Casey Solving moral hazard: increase copayments23 Nov 2008 From the New York Times: Co-Payments Soar for Drugs With High Prices No one knows how many patients are affected, but hundreds of drugs are priced this new way. They are used to treat diseases that may be fairly common, including multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, hepatitis The Ludwig von Mises Instititute has an article titled The Political Economy of Moral Hazard by Jörg Guido Hülsmann originally printed in the Czech journal Politická ekonomie, and available for download here (PDF). I have blogged about moral hazard before here and here. The article 7 Famous Medical TV Shows22 Nov 2008 Over the years, there have been dozens of shows which peer into the medical world, ranging in style from comedy to drama to documentary. Let’s go back into time (or to tomorrow’s primetime) to refresh the classics and a few new hits. Maybe you will want to be a physician afterwards. 1. General Hospital
The American Broadcasting Corporation launched this iconic soap opera on April 1st, 1963, the same day that the National Broadcasting Corporation launched its own medical drama “The Doctors”. Set in the fictional town of Port Charles, New York, the show began as a view into the fictional relationships of doctors, nurses, and patients in a hospital, but over the years, the stories grew more numerous and fantastically more convoluted; General Hospital’s hospital is rarely used as a setting these days, and instead the show’s producers favor other aspects of the GH-universe, including the Port Charles’ mob-scene, the business community, and the Quartermaines’ residence. Elizabeth Taylor is noted as being a guest star in a 1981 episode as Helena Cassadine. 45 years and counting, General Hospital is the longest-running drama produced in Hollywood, and there are no signs of stopping. “Bonecrusher disease”20 Nov 2008  Man on truckThe joy of Dengue Fever. I have been fortunate enough to come across this illness, not once, but several |
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