Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The Incubator


I think the M*A*S*H episode called The Incubator summarizes best where our healthcare system is going. I have referred to this before but it bears repeating. Here are some quotes from that episode:

Hawkeye: [exasperated at Quartermaster Sloan's denial of his request for a hospital incubator] We're not asking for a jukebox or a pizza oven!
Captain Sloan: Oh, I can let you have one of those.
Henry Blake: No kidding! That would be great on movie nights! You got any of those pizza requisition forms?
Captain Sloan: [referring to a generic Army requisition form] Oh, just use one of those standard S-1798s and write in "pizza" where it says "machine gun."