208 - How the health system makes us sicker
There are still many surgeons out there who still do the posterior operation, and whose patients might never find out that they could have avoided months of suffering, pain, and trauma. This is our health system, folks. It is not, for the most part, the system we fondly imagine – guided by evidence, data, and best practice. Instead, it is a festival of hubris, arrogance, ignorance, and bullying, that can’t be trusted to work in our best interests. We can surely do better. We must.