Wednesday, September 16, 2009

One frozen shoulder, 10 countries

No, it was not my frozen shoulder which is about 90 percent better now after 2.5 months of physical therapy. I heard this author interviewed on NPR about his experiment. He took his stiff shoulder to health professionals in 10 different countries to see who could help him the most and at what price. The results are fascinating and the topic is extremely timely given the current out of control debate about health care reform in our country. I may have to pick up this book and read it since the review is good, but mostly because the author suffered from exactly the same condition I did. What helped him the most was an somewhat exotic and lengthy treatment in India of all places.

The money quote from the review, "A person’s last days can be spent in any number of ways. But on the phone pleading with an insurer, that’s only in America."

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