If the Affordable Care Act was a car…
If the Affordable Care Act was a car, I’d call it a rusty Pinto… maybe drives; possibly street legal; not particularly sexy or comfortable; could explode; but still gets a…
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Universal Healthcare? Please Define
For starters, are we talking government as the single payer too? It’s an important distinction. Personally, I’m not yet sold. On its surface universal healthcare does feel good to say,…
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Healthcare Reform Reform…
The future of Trumpcare really had us wondering last week. For some reason the Marx Brothers came to mind: Groucho: Well, if you look at it, it’s a barn. If…
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What’s fair?
Like most of us, this past election cycle and the pending demolition of the ACA have sent my mind spinning in any number of directions. Separating the personalities from the…
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Why we don’t take Medicare
Since the early days of Pre-R (January) many people have asked whether we accept Medicare. Actually, some doctors make Medicare insured patients their bread and butter and accept no others.…
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Medical Climate Change
During my residency from ’97-’00 I remember considering patients to be insured or uninsured. It was very binary. We rarely knew who had what in the emergency department, and as…
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Finer Dining
Imagine staggering into a restaurant and waiting 2 hours for a table. Imagine this restaurant is the only one in town and you haven’t eaten in a week. When the…
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ACA and Single Payer
I was asked about the following link “Doctors descend on Vermont to restore patient control over health care” as well as the ACA and single payer. The Vermont model from…
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