It would be interesting to know how many souls were subjected to the horrible experience of ventilation simply for the extra Medicare dollars health care providers can garner. Providers are paid, on average, $40,000 for each ventilator use. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association — the largest-ever such study, conducted in New York City between March 1 and April 4 — 88% of 2,600 ventilator patients died. If over the age of 65, 97% died. Doctors have found that placing patients in the prone position is a better treatment than the highly invasive and deadly ventilator technique. It just doesn’t pay as well, it seems.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Speaking up …
… Local View: Minnesotans, call it what it is: a 'scamdemic' | Duluth News Tribune.(Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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I do not know, but believe that the numbers would show that in general there are much worse outcomes for patients who arrive at the hospital by ambulance than for those who walk in the front door. Does that mean that we will improve general health by abolishing the ambulances? I assume we'd save money.
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