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There's at least one undeniable benefit of pay-per-performance programs: they're forcing doctors and hospitals to pay closer attention to quality controls. Rosenthal points to diabetes care as an example. "Doctors may not yet be convincing every patient to have their blood sugar tested annually," she says. "But at least now [they're more aware of] which patients need to be tested." So while pay-for-performance may be an imperfect solution in an imperfect system, she adds, "At least it's a step in the right direction...
...Harvard males who meet specific requirements. Governments decide which parts of our bodies are saleable, and they are in the business of drawing lines. Unfortunately, these lines are sketching quite a blurry picture of the control we possess over our own bodies. Americans can sell their eggs, sperm, blood, hair and souls, but their organs are off the market...
...commonly used argument against compensated kidney donation is that people in poverty would be most likely to sell their organs. While perhaps true, this concern neglects the fact that we already allow people with low-incomes to make their own decisions regarding the sale of their sperm, eggs and blood. Both kidney and egg donation are invasive procedures that come with associated risks. The decision whether or not to sell an organ would also not be made in a vacuum and one would expect medical professionals to fully present the associated (albeit minor) risks of kidney donation before surgery...
...miles around, you can hear the white noise of endless small talk and the clinking of rented crystal. Listen closely—that’s the sound of blood being drained from a stone...
...just a debilitated stroke victim, during this week of honoring personal achievement, perhaps we should all consider, at least for a moment, the extent to which the forces that push us ever-onward with seemingly infinite force are no more immutable than so many neurons, waiting for a blood vessel to burst...