In Asia Domain Name registration scam I described a scam by a Chinese or Hong Kong company to scare people into buying lots of extensions of their existing domain name at outrageous prices. Now the same folks seem to be back with a similar email and similar phone number. I’m posting the contents of this latest email in the hopes of saving others from the same scam.
The Boston Globe’s Style & Arts section is not my usual inspiration for blog posts, but today’s article, A healthy dose of hospital chic is an exception. According to the Globe:
5 Reasons to Say NO to Drugs
1. Drugs can destroy your life
2. Drugs can destroy your family’s life
3. Drugs can kill
4. Drug addiction is difficult to recover from
5. Drugs can land you in jail and ruin your reputation
RN Central has enumerated 20 ways clinics at Wal-Mart stores are likely to affect health care. They’re not all on the mark, but the post is worth a read.
Writing in the Boston Globe, Dr. Joseph Dorsey (a former medical director from Harvard Pilgrim) and Dr. Donald Berwick (head of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement) call for a return to managed care, specifically captitation, as a way to control costs and improve quality. See Dirty words in healthcare.
The two of them pine for the old days of Harvard Community Health Plan, with its salaried physicians and emphasis on quality and innovation.