Comments on: Daily Chisme: Obama Discovers McAllen, Tx.

By: Joaquin

Joaquin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:41:33 +0000

Thank-you O.C. Jones for links to comments from Dr. Gawande about the much-discussed article he wrote about medical costs in McAllen. It’s interesting reading to be sure.

By: O. C. Jones

O. C. Jones — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:15:12 +0000

Atul Gawande rebuts McAllen doctors claims regarding his New Yorker article:

Washington Post

An Interview With Atul Gawande

By Ezra Klein | June 23, 2009; 6:48 PM ET

You’ve gotten some pushback on your article about McAllen, Texas. Today, in fact, some doctors from the area held a press conference rebutting your claims, and you published a blog post re-rebutting theirs. What have you found to be the most convincing counterarguments against your piece?
See the rest of the interview:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/06/an_interview_with_atul_gawande.html?hpid=news-col-blog

See Gawende’s 6-23-09 blog rebutting McAllen doctors press conference:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/06/atul-gawande-the-cost-conundrum-redux.html

By: Joaquin

Joaquin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:18:43 +0000

Yes, I was around and am well aware that Obama made campaign stops in Brownsville and Edinburg during the Democratic Party primary season. He probably recalls the area, but then again he has traveled around the country and world in recent years.
The New Yorker article may have jogged Obama’s memory of this area.

By: O. C. Jones

O. C. Jones — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:13:57 +0000

Guess you weren’t around when Obama brought his presidential campaign to Brownsville.

“If President Barack Obama didn’t know where McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley were…”