tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post8816774887957491097..comments2024-02-24T06:25:59.743-08:00Comments on The Spine Blogger: Money, Money, MoneyMusculoskeletal Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-76967134235881266602009-06-21T17:06:59.757-07:002009-06-21T17:06:59.757-07:00I think it needs to get even worse before it gets ...I think it needs to get even worse before it gets better. <br /><br />Tort reform must come, even before insurance reform. For doctors, hospitals AND device makers.<br /><br />Hospital administrators making more money than doctors? Something seriously wrong there. <br /><br />CEO's making 50x what their lowest paid employees are making (wasn't the standard 10x in the 50's??) Who is making the decisions here, the CEO or Wall St?<br /><br />Yes, margins are high. But so are costs of developing new products. Get hospitals to buy the instruments, even at cost, and we can cut back on implant prices a bit. <br /><br />As far as buying surgeon business, until the 3 Amigos go down, it will remain the wild, wild west.Ortho Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071442125339355215noreply@blogger.com