Opinion

Avatar photo

Clear the Way: Bypass programs perfect carrot to offset enforcement stick

by John G Smith

I was introduced to the concept of a hospital triage by watching episodes of MASH in the 1970s and early '80s. Centered around the happenings of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, the show's TV doctors were regularly seen moving through the latest batch of wounded soldiers, deciding who could wait and who needed immediate attention. (They also looked for new ways to torment Frank Burns, but I digress.)