Michael Kirsch

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Could Herman Cain Have Survived Obamacare? 9-9-9 Man With A Plan Speaks Out

Herman Cain gleefully shouts to adoring crowds that he now has a…

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Ten Questions to Ask Your Doctor?

The blog, Shots, posted a question primer to prepare patients for medical…

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Health and Wellness Programs: Medicine or Marketing?

There’s a new term that has entered the medical lexicon. The word…

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Secret Shoppers in Doctors’ Offices: Placebo Medicine for Physicians

Physicians are still debating whether prescribing placebos is ethical. Dissenters argue that…

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Better Bedside Manners? What’s It’s Worth To You?

How much are good bedside manners worth? Would you double your copay…

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Minute Clinics Threaten Doctors: Who Wins?

All of us have been to fast food establishments. We go there…

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Overtreatment Alert! Antibiotics Fuel Medical Overutilization

A good friend of mine and Whistleblower reader contracted the sniffles and received…

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Should Patients Join the Pay-for-Performance Circus?

There was an extremely popular game show where several times each episode…

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Tort Reform for Medical Malpractice System – Another Study Needed?

Medical malpractice reform is in the news again. Of course, for the…

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Greedy Insurance Company Backs Down: The Little Guy Wins!

A few months back, while we were on vacation in Washington, D.C.,…

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