Healthcare Policy
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MODERNIZING MEDICAL EDUCATION
I have written about medical education on numerous occasions over the last 7 or 8 years. It’s an important subject…
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FOREIGN DRUGS HARDER TO GET
The cost of medical care is outrageous. Health insurance premiums, co-pays, professional fees, inpatient hospital charges, and prescription drug prices…
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”MEDICARE FOR ALL” GAINS POPULARITY
According to a news release from Reuters, two-thirds of US adults say they are in favor of a health care…
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FEDERAL DIETARY CHANGES CHALLENGED
Recently, I wrote a post about ultra-processed foods and how they have become commonplace in the “normal” American diet, and…
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CROWDED HOSPITAL, BULGING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Three and a half years ago I experienced first hand the situation about which this blogpost is written. The situation…
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PROTECTED MEDICAL INFORMATION—HIPAA AT WORK
On June 5, 1981, five young men in Los Angeles were diagnosed with a rare form of pneumonia, probably Pneumocystis…
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FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
In addition to examining and treating patients, doctors are responsible for an inordinately long list of administrative duties which they…
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NEW AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS
For decades, the Association of American Medical Colleges (now called the AAMC) has been concerned about the shortage of physicians…
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GETTING INTO A RESIDENCY
I’ve written about residency “match day” on a few past occasions. That’s the big day in March when soon-to-graduate medical…
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SURVEY: TRUST IN HEALTH CARE AGENCIES HAS DECLINED
In a recent blogpost, I alluded to the attitude of the American public toward vaccines, the CDC, and local and…
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