WHAT YOUR DOCTOR CAN'T TELL YOU
"No one disagrees that health-care costs need to be reined in, but the HMO approach of limiting care based on bottom-line profits is wrong." STEVE N. GEORAS, M.D. Baltimore, Maryland
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SPECIAL investigation of the state of U.S. health care [BUSINESS, Jan. 22]. It is ailing and failing rapidly, and health-maintenance organizations bear part of the responsibility for this condition. In a society where freedom of choice is a cornerstone, we surely must be able to find a better way to deliver effective health care to our people. As a person who is...