Comments on: How will the media influence health reform? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/how-will-media-influence-health-reform.html medical blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:06:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Phil Baumann http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/how-will-media-influence-health-reform.html/comment-page-1#comment-89120 Phil Baumann Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:10:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/how-will-the-media-influence-health-reform.html#comment-89120 I can't recall any major policy issue discussed within mainstream press that lead to astounding and positive changes. There are certainly examples of remarkable coverage, but they are isolates.<br/><br/>The coverage of reform, for instance, will likely be reduced to highlighting the polar opposites: free marketers versus universal healthcare socialists. The nuances and complexities of the full spectrum of healthcare will not be covered in any sufficiently thorough manner. <br/><br/>I hope I'm wrong. Maybe mainstream media coverage of healthcare in the next few years will be a startling departure from the current trend towards the overstimulation of our basest emotions. We shall see.<br/><br/>In the meantime, I suggest that we (you, other medical bloggers, and others) keep fueling the discussions online. <br/><br/>**A question to follow up to your excellent query:<br/><br/>Healthcare should be the leader in online social media. Why isn't it? I can’t recall any major policy issue discussed within mainstream press that lead to astounding and positive changes. There are certainly examples of remarkable coverage, but they are isolates.

The coverage of reform, for instance, will likely be reduced to highlighting the polar opposites: free marketers versus universal healthcare socialists. The nuances and complexities of the full spectrum of healthcare will not be covered in any sufficiently thorough manner.

I hope I’m wrong. Maybe mainstream media coverage of healthcare in the next few years will be a startling departure from the current trend towards the overstimulation of our basest emotions. We shall see.

In the meantime, I suggest that we (you, other medical bloggers, and others) keep fueling the discussions online.

**A question to follow up to your excellent query:

Healthcare should be the leader in online social media. Why isn’t it?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/how-will-media-influence-health-reform.html/comment-page-1#comment-89116 Anonymous Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/how-will-the-media-influence-health-reform.html#comment-89116 The media is much more interested in drumming up demand for questionable procedures and reporting sob stories.<br/><br/>I believe health reform would benefit greatly if the "media" would get bored with it and move on. <br/><br/>It will be endless boring details that will need to be looked at in totality and not as a sliced and diced headline designed to arouse reader emotions. The media is much more interested in drumming up demand for questionable procedures and reporting sob stories.

I believe health reform would benefit greatly if the “media” would get bored with it and move on.

It will be endless boring details that will need to be looked at in totality and not as a sliced and diced headline designed to arouse reader emotions.

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