It is not often that we give out a "Say Whaaaat?" Award even though
many are deserving of this award on a daily basis. We want to keep it
special and therefore we have reserved it only for those unique
individuals and groups who truly defy common sense with a kind-of
reckless abandon. So with that (drum roll please) the third "Say
Whaaaat?" Award in the history of the Pop Tort goes to...
NBC's Chief Medical Editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman.
This morning on the "Today Show," Dr. Snyderman single handedly dismantled what could have been an informative report on how the sad state of US health care is negatively impacting women. At the end of the segment, the good doctor blames the woes of a shotty US Health care system, including the skyrocketing costs, on...."defensive medicine"? I am not making this up. Congratulations Dr. Snyderman for going against what is commonly referred to as "logic"!
Never mind the fact that 47 million people don't have health insurance. Or that 98,000 people are killed each year by medical errors in hospitals, many of which are easily preventable. Did I mention that these easily preventable errors account for billions, thats right billions, of dollars each year? Thankfully we have groups like CJ&D that can call these people on their nonsense. Check out this letter from CJ&D Executive Director, Joanne Doroshow, to the "Today Show".
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