HWR under the 'scope

So it appears that I wasn't the only one underwhelmed by last week's Health Wonk Review: The Disease Management Care Blog's Jaan Siderov was also unimpressed with (his term) Hurricane Maggie's "efforts."

Here's a taste:

"Hurricane Maggie repetitively retreads the cost-control talking points from reform architect Peter Orszag, surgeon Golden Boy Atul Gawande and the White House Office of Management and Budget ... The DMCB says value remains an inexact science that is ill-suited to simplistic nostrums and blunt force laws and regulations."

Indeed.

Go read the whole thing (a few minutes well-spent).