{"id":2527,"date":"2009-05-28T00:47:33","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T05:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2010-06-22T16:06:21","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T21:06:21","slug":"atul-gawande-examines-why-health-costs-are-high-some-places-and-lower-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2009\/05\/atul-gawande-examines-why-health-costs-are-high-some-places-and-lower-others.html","title":{"rendered":"Atul Gawande examines why health costs are high some places and lower others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Atul Gawande, MD\" src=\"http:\/\/gawande.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Book-jacket-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Atul Gawande, MD\" hspace=\"10\" \/>As soon as you can, stop what you&#8217;re doing and devote 20-30 minutes to reading Atul Gawande&#8217;s important new article in the June 1 <em>New Yorker<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2009\/06\/01\/090601fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all\" target=\"_blank\">The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t claim to be an expert about cost issues but in my year-plus of listening to US healthcare discussions I&#8217;ve heard enough to know, from common sense, that it&#8217;s a big stinking tangled mess. 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