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HURRICANE KATRINA: It wasn?t a disaster, it was health care reform! ?New research published in the?

By Glenn Reynolds

HURRICANE KATRINA: It wasn’t a disaster, it was health care reform! “New research published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons offers important insights into the long-term impact of a major disaster on routine surgical services in a hospital. In the study, researchers at Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA, showed that although Hurricane Katrina resulted in a significant loss of surgical staff and an increase in the number of uninsured patients undergoing operations, greater cost efficiencies were achieved.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 26, 2009 (boomark / email).