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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

When Profit Trumps Our Most Vulnerable: The push to deliver preemies in community hospitals

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Neonatal Intensive Care Units are truly a miracle of modern medicine. As recently as the 1960s, infants born six weeks early stood...
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Monday, June 18, 2018

27 Pediatricians on the Chopping Block.

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In the fiscal fight over health care costs, pediatricians are on the chopping block. In hospitals and clinics across the country, ped...
Monday, May 28, 2018

Double Standards for Trojans and USC School of Medicine

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  University of Southern California (USC) appears to look the other way when male physicians harass or assault women.   In reality, s...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

MedStar Franklin Square Hospital: The Case Against Global Capitation

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Baltimore County, Maryland is one hour north of Washington DC, where politicians appear impotent to contain runaway healthcare expe...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The Tapeworms are Hungry for Direct Primary Care

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When Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan (AmBerGan) announced their healthcare partnership, Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett decla...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

The Health Care Policy Podcast with David Introcaso.

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This week, I am sharing a podcast with David Introcaso.  He invited me on the show after reading a piece of mine written in support ...
Monday, April 16, 2018

How These Useless Doctors' Exams Are Raising Health Care Costs (via Fortune Magazine Online)

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By Niran Al-Agba and Meg Edison April 9, 2018 Maintenance of Certification (MOC) tests for doctors like us might sound like a good ...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Firing Dr. Shulkin, One Really Good Decision

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Dr. David Shulkin once gave me this advice, “stop whining and complaining and lead with solutions.”   To the many frustrated physicians i...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Health Savings Accounts: Are Lawmakers Being Target-ed or Getting Amazon-ed?

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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) allow individuals to use pre-tax dollars to pay for high deductibles and other uncovered medical exp...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

National Walkout Day, March 14... These Boots are Made for Walking.

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A National School Walkout Day is planned for March 14, 2018 at 10 a.m. and will last 17 minutes in honor of the 17 students and sta...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

The Peril of Online Physician Reviews

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You may have heard that before you pick a doctor you are supposed to look them up online and see what other people have to say about them...
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