Babyfacts: Pediatrician Andrew Adesman on What Doctors Get Wrong

Dear heavens, thank you doctor and thank the doctors that participated . It is a sign of integrity. I have been involved in state and national political discussions since the 1960s. No one yet has had the courage to o a simple study like this, and believe there is incredible ignorance of the basics like taxation, spending, economic basics of money supply, stimulation, international trade laws, law enforcement, where the bathrooms are, previous attempts at solving problems, effect of the constitution in writing laws, theories of unconstitutionality, civil rights, 1st amendment, administrative rule making and appeals process, why a legal education helps focus issues, rhetoric, why opinion makers can get away with intellectually questionable assertions, compromise, diversity, and so on. If the members would self test themselves and have a safe way to investigate without the gotcha problems we could make progress. Yet not all wish for progress. There is essentially no discussion of the essentials of government, debate is all smoke. The press feeds this mania to sell ads for beer and cars. Ask why there is no debate on many essentials. Power in legislation derives from the ability to kill good government ideas until some special interests are accommodated. The rules of the US Senate are far worse than they appear..................but back to medical ignorance. In 2006 the CDC Announced a year of awarness for CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME announcing that the controversy rise on the subject were almost entirely from the near complete failure to consider the condition until a friend or family member suffered with it for years. Our medical system will continue to fail us until doctors are compensated differently than drug dealers. Doctors demand immunity from law suits while they pig headedly refuse to provide continuing care and support unless the meager "justice system" drags on and on and the. Poor injured party can expect at most 60% of the cost of future care. The FAA plane investigators have proven without a doubt that a non fault based system is the price of all but eliminating repetitive human errors from complex procedures. I feel much safer in a plane than I will ever feel n a hospital who believes patients outcomes are only considered if it means expanding in their monopoly markets.

Mark Gibbons of FL 10:32PM March 30, 2012