Make patients more accountable for their own health
Let’s talk a little about health accountability. Two news items have provoked the following rant: why is it always someone else’s responsibility?
The first item was on NPR. The FDA, reacting to the epidemic of prescription drug abuse in this country, is offering incentives to the pharmaceutical company that can come up with a less addictive painkiller. Such a drug would be a gold-mine for that pharma company because it could …