Dr. House

WOW! I was watching House tonight – a great medical drama. (BTW, did you know that Hugh Laurie, the actor who portrays House, speaks with a heavy British accent? He sounds like he’s from Jersey to me! Great actor!)

Two big surprises in tonights’ show !

First, they broke the formula that I’ve come to expect from House (i.e. Patient gets weird illness, no one can figure out what it is, they finally figure out what it is and start treating them for it, the patient has a bad reaction to the treatment and almost dies, House figures out what is REALLY wrong with the patient at the last minute and saves their life…). No, tonights show was more about the administrative and financial issues involved in running a small hospital.

Secondly, a sub-plot tonight was the battle that the hospital administrator was having with a major health insurance carrier in negotiating the hospitals’ new contract. They even went so far as to show how the people running the carrier were hugely overpaid and cared little about patient/subscriber welfare and truly only cared about their personal fortunes.

I was heartened to see mainstream media actually promoting healthcare insurance carriers in less than a flattering light. Perhaps there is hope after all!

WOW! Hollywood is listening to me! Shouldn’t you?

(PLEASE NOTE: For the benefit if the clueless, please be advised that that last statement was said strictly tongue in cheek – Thank You

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