> 11/ But because it’s costly and risky to perform surgeries, the urgent question is: what surgical procedures are today’s equivalent of bloodletting? And those that we know are bloodletting, how do we get rid of them as a society?
Instead of thinking of these surgeries as ineffective and looking to restrict their use, we can think of the placebo as effective in many cases, and try to lower their cost.
In America, high healthcare costs are partly driven by the fact that Americans are over medicated and doctors are incentivized to intervene. If "alternative" (placebo) medicines were more available, I wonder if we would have lower costs and similar healthcare outcomes.
Instead of thinking of these surgeries as ineffective and looking to restrict their use, we can think of the placebo as effective in many cases, and try to lower their cost.
In America, high healthcare costs are partly driven by the fact that Americans are over medicated and doctors are incentivized to intervene. If "alternative" (placebo) medicines were more available, I wonder if we would have lower costs and similar healthcare outcomes.