Access to the Healthcare Dollar by Ted Bacharach MD (retired)
Every encounter with a physician suggests that doctors are not the recipients of any government largess. Monthly changes and increased
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
Every encounter with a physician suggests that doctors are not the recipients of any government largess. Monthly changes and increased
Continue readingIn one of my favorite books, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig wrote: “Quality is a characteristic
Continue readingThe Wall Street Journal did a nice piece about how a small California hospital is cranking out the back surgeries
Continue readingWe think everything in our medical records is private, but is it? Why do health insurers and life insurers get
Continue readingResearchers at Northwestern University are developing an app that would monitor the frequency of a depressed person’s phone calls, texts and
Continue readingI was sent this interesting article about Vermont’s attempt to start a “single payer” health insurance system. It was written
Continue readingAn article in the Boston Globe looks at a Pediatrics study and throws out another scare to make us run
Continue readingOnce upon a time physicians were allowed to admit that we did not know everything. This is no longer acceptable by
Continue readingOn January 28th, I blogged about the “commercial” in the WSJ proclaiming how insurance companies are going to pay
Continue readingThe following was originally posted on KevinMD but I think that the information is so important that it needs to
Continue reading“The practice of medicine will be very much as you make it – to one a worry, a care, a
Continue readingI found this in a WSJ article. The article is here but this information should put to bed the argument
Continue readingThe American Medical News did a nice piece on tort reform. I highly recommend you take a look. Here are
Continue readingI found this being passed around on Facebook. Who knows if it is true? If it is then there is
Continue readingOnce upon a time, as all old stories begin, people used to talk about “my doctor”. Recently one hears
Continue readingWhen patients take an active role in harming their own health it becomes a very controversial topic. As physicians,
Continue readingCan you look at this sign I stole from the internet and see it for what it is? Honestly, without
Continue readingHigher total cholesterol was associated with a lower risk of noncardiovascular mortality in older adults. This association varied across the
Continue readingI was reading a book called Leading At A Higher Level by Ken Blanchard and I was really intrigued about
Continue readingA recent WSJ article had an enticing header. It said “An Rx? Pay More to Family Doctors”. It sounded so
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