I just got the September 2004 issue of Health Care News. The front page regarding corruption and shakedowns in the Illinois government says it all.
This is a point sadly missed time and again by those who, despite the best of intentions, think that the public sector is the solution to social problems. I wish that your publication were required reading … very enlightening in a world where the siren song of government (the taxpayer) assuming all costs and all risks is so attractive to some of the electorate.
B. Sonny Bal, MD, MBA, is assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia, MO.
