A Tool form the Man to Confuse You Even More

Johnny Government has created an Internet tool to confuse the general public even more about their medical care costs.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is running ads ithis week in several states showing consumers how to compare services and quality of care in area hospitals by using a new Web site.

The ads, which are running in more than 50 other newspapers across the country, promote Hospital Compare (hospitalcompare.hhs.gov), a Web site that scores 26 quality and patient satisfaction measures at nearly 4,000 hospitals nationwide.

I tried it out myself and was thoroughly, well, befuddled. While it seems like the older crowd would benefit most from this website’s Medicare emphasis there are 2 problems we can see:

1. Medicare are for old people
2. If I can’t figure out the website there is no way my grandmother can

See more about this here:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/363904_ratehospitals21.html?source=mypi