An Inside Look at Health Care for the Elderly and Medicare

In the June 23rd edition of The New York Times two articles stood juxtaposed under that title “Rethinking Cardiac Care.” Both articles demonstrate the uncertainty that is pervasive in medical thinking, while showing that our knee-jerk response to such uncertainty often is to over-treat by fixing a number (in the case of high blood pressure) or a blocked artery (in the case of stents), believing that we have helped the patient by utilizing such “thorough” treatment. What th