What happens when you place an entire nation’s health care in the hands of an overly-controlling, ineffective government bureaucracy and huge corporations…
Public Health & Policy
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The costs of many generic drugs have skyrocketed. In some cases, the price of a single pill has increased over 500 percent.…
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Immigrant health care workers serve a vital function within the American health care system
by Raymond Jean MD February 2, 2018Early this month, it was reported that President Donald Trump, having grown frustrated from discussions regarding a bipartisan deal on immigration, asked…
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Doctors must take a stand and force the government to cancel MACRA
by Matthew Hahn MD February 1, 2018The most profound health care legislation enacted since the Affordable Care Act, The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA),…
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“Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. I am…
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In early September, the New York Times Upshot published a bold piece titled “The Best Healthcare System in the World.” The article…
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Insurance companies manipulate the doctor-patient relationship for financial gain
by Denise A. Somsak MD January 29, 2018I am pediatrician who has been practicing for almost twenty years. During my career, I have been employed by two different free-standing…
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In a research article published in Annals of Internal Medicine, investigators studied performance in Medicare’s Value-Based Payment Modifier program (VM) — a prominent pay-for-performance (P4P)…