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Change is Never Easy

February 13, 2012
Benjamin Metzger, MD

There are many moving parts when it comes to making changes to healthcare in America that can affect the entire system. In last month’s New England Journal of Medicine, Drs. Pizzo and Clark reiterated a lot of their conclusions from the original Institute of Medicine (IOM) report published in the summer of 2011. Pain, both acute and chronic is undertreated in this country. The total financial costs in the US alone are between $560 and $635 billion dollars. Sixteen specific recommendations...