Spare the Beans, Spoil the Budget
The Trump Administration has decided that we spend too much on kidney disease, and so has rolled out an initiative to
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The Trump Administration has decided that we spend too much on kidney disease, and so has rolled out an initiative to
Continue readingThere is no appropriate role for the federal government in providing either routine health care, or food outside of acute
Continue readingThis photo is what dangerous arrogance looks like. Angela Hock, an unlicensed midwife was charged with “negligent child abuse resulting in death after
Continue reading“New Jersey Anesthesiologist Revives Patient after 10-hour Surgery without Complications” is a headline you’ll never read. “New Jersey Anesthesiologist Receives Rave Reviews
Continue readingThe more medicine is immersed in the daily passions of politics, the less serious it becomes. And it seems like a
Continue readingOne of the worst aspects of our society, really of human nature, is the impulse for most people to go
Continue readingWe see daily updates that the national budget is cartoonishly exploding, and a huge part of that are Medicare expenditures. In
Continue readingThis is NOT a piece about abortion. I’ve been writing op-eds for 16 years and have thus far avoided that
Continue readingDoes your hospital run out of your preferred broad-spectrum antibiotic? Does your clinic run out of fiberglass splint materials, lab testing
Continue readingWhich is your favorite barbeque? The wondrous Carolina pulled pork, robust southwestern brisket, St. Louis ribs, or incredible Kansas City burnt
Continue readingThe word is that more patients are tired of waiting in increasingly crowded ER lobbies, and are leaving Against Medical
Continue readingEvery two years when I have to renew my state medical license, I get some standard questions, including whether I
Continue readingLike we don’t have enough to worry about, and like California already hasn’t won “Dumbest State of the Year” so
Continue readingOne of the fashionably bipartisan Washington topics for chest beating is the opioid cris-, sorry, “THE OPIOID CRISIS!!!” I’m one of
Continue readingDo you order too many tests? A lot of doctors are told we do, for various reasons, and every one of
Continue readingThe Aloha State is having some growing pains with its Payment Transformation system, a capitated model run by “Hawaii Medical Service Association,
Continue readingHere is another story about a doctor convicted of overprescribing, which led to the death of a patient, and this 71 year-old
Continue readingAnyone with half a brain knows very well that sodas contain a lot of sugar. And consuming a lot of
Continue readingIn all honesty, I haven’t kept up with the recent Pharmacy Benefit Manager furor, beyond assuming that they are totally
Continue readingOver the weekend, our buddies at the American Academy of Family Practice got the jump on April 1 with a
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