Comments on: The Mayo Clinic opposes a public plan, and the dissonance facing progressive health reformers http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/10/mayo-clinic-opposes-public-plan-dissonance-facing-progressive-health-reformers.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: txmedhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/10/mayo-clinic-opposes-public-plan-dissonance-facing-progressive-health-reformers.html#comment-114938 txmed Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:14:16 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=40369#comment-114938 There's no doubt that the Mayo Clinic takes a patient population not totally indicative of the population as whole. Hard to compare their expenditures and outcomes with the rest of the system. There’s no doubt that the Mayo Clinic takes a patient population not totally indicative of the population as whole. Hard to compare their expenditures and outcomes with the rest of the system.

]]> By: NoVA dochttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/10/mayo-clinic-opposes-public-plan-dissonance-facing-progressive-health-reformers.html#comment-113172 NoVA doc Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:47:37 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=40369#comment-113172 CEO of Mayo was interviewed on NPR last month about the public option. He was against the P.O. if it were similar to Medicare but was in favor of a P.O. plan similar to what the US Government offers its employees.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113052504BTW, NPR had a good story this AM about co-ops why people familiar with them are scratching their heads why politicians claim they save money.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113404632 CEO of Mayo was interviewed on NPR last month about the public option. He was against the P.O. if it were similar to Medicare but was in favor of a P.O. plan similar to what the US Government offers its employees.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113052504

BTW, NPR had a good story this AM about co-ops why people familiar with them are scratching their heads why politicians claim they save money.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113404632

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