Charlie Baker hits the nail on the head, on why costs are absent from the political debate: “It’s easier to talk about doing more things for more people than it is to talk about taking costs out of the system.”
Most proposals focus on reforming the physician payment system, and turning back the clock to embrace capitation.
That sounds great in theory, and I bet many generalist physicians will go for it, but the real challenge is to convince patients to remove the foul taste of capitation from their mouths.
