Update June 8: I’ve edited this text in an effort to make it more constructive and informative. I did this after getting feedback from several people that it came across as more negative than I had intended. Thanks for the feedback! Everyone I know agrees that healthcare would improve if we all listened better, and I guess that includes bloggers…
As a longtime loyal member of Costco, the warehouse shopping club that sells nothing but great quality at amazing prices, I gladly said yes when they approached me to participate in their monthly “Informed Debate” feature, because the topic was seeking medical information online.
The feature is in the June edition, here. (It’s page 16 in the print edition.) I didn’t get to compare submissions with my “opponent,” so it wasn’t really a debate; we just submitted our thoughts. I’ll paste in my 400 words here, and then I’d like to address the concerns expressed by the others.
So: should you seek medical information online?
My response: Yes.
Here’s my response as I submitted it. The version that went to print was edited for style and length.