Little empathy
I came across a recent article on the Archives of Internal Medicine which struck a chord to me. Actually, I'm not really surprised since I have had concerns of this since I was in medical school and...
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In these tough times right now, we must take perspective of our view of this crazy world. This editorial below by Norman Solomon succinctly and clearly makes a claim for "waking us up" and taking...
View ArticleHope, maybe?
I'm so glad the election went the way it did. Now, the hard work begins. Recognition of the problem is step one and that begins with more mainstream media attention being paid to the plight of the...
View ArticleGrumblings
As I scan through the various medical blogs since the election, I see an emerging civil war between specialists and generalists erupting from various proposals from policymakers, such as Senator Max...
View ArticlePerhaps a little light from a long tunnel...
What a difference an election makes - it's all about dumping far-right, far-left ideologies and really address the issues that affects everybody today and now insurance companies are wanting to play...
View ArticleSquashed
As we wait, if and when health care reform is a reality (or what it would look like), I can't help but notice the external forces that are affecting the landscape for solo practitioners like me,...
View ArticleA good primer
This document is actually a very condensed and informative primer on the American Health Care System, how it came to be and where we go from here. Happy holidays!
View ArticleRecommended viewing
I have included a link to a recently made video that wonderfully and explicitly details the issues surrounding the American health care system today. The ideas presented obviously coincide with my...
View ArticleThe tube
Wow...on January 14, 2009; while I was flipping channels on my TV (local stations with ABC, CBS, and NBC), literally every single commercial break was filled with at least one pharmaceutical...
View ArticleMuffled
I recently read an interesting article about a BBC documentary that was only shown outside of the US about the state of the US health care system. Pretty shocking stuff, but I'm not actually surprised.
View ArticleOh...the drug companies!
You can definitely where things go from here, and the true motives of pharmaceutical companies, when all is on the line on the stimulus package. The drug companies are insistent that government funding...
View ArticleIt's "Burn Your Health Insurance Bill Day!"
Today, March 11, is the day to voice out your support for single payer health care. I would certainly like to burn my health insurance bills; unfortunately, my clinic operations depend on it (for now),...
View ArticleIf health insurance companies ran the postal service...
This is what it would look like...
View ArticleA canary in the coal mine
It's been another year and I'm just getting back to this dusty blog which has been on the backburner. To make a long story short, a lot of changes in circumstances have occurred since I last wrote...
View ArticleThe End...starting from the Beginning
As of June 30th, 2012, my practice will cease to exist. For those who did not know, in short, I am a family physician practicing in Portland, Oregon for the past 10 years. My practice was unique in...
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A Perfect Storm - the first ingredient
So where to begin...what caused the demise of my practice was essentially various factors and elements that led to a perfect storm. I'll blog about each one of these elements from one posting at a...
View ArticleA brief interlude - my story
I will give a *brief* history of how I started in this profession and what has influenced me over the years...just so you know a little about me.My first memory from my childhood that made a lasting...
View ArticleA Perfect Storm - the second ingredient
And that would be The Games Health Insurance Companies Play. Again, my previous blogposts have covered this landscape with examples and details. However, and this is just anectodal to me, the ways...
View ArticleA Perfect Storm - the third ingredient
The third ingredient is the lack of universal health care coverage for all Americans. Again, I've harped about this in my blog. Although the direct effect on me is less obvious, the effect on my...
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