I am the Healthcare Sucker
The nine billionth example of American healthcare inefficiency, plus this week's healthcare news.
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A quick anecdote to start this week’s roundup: I went to a primary care doctor this week for the first time in a while. I needed a referral to UCLA’s psychiatry outpatient clinic—my neurologist had already given me one, bu…
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