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Bold New Approach to Funding Medical School Tuition
Over the past ten years both college and medical school tuitions have…
Should Popular Doctors Be Paid More?
Starting in October 2012, Medicare will pay 3,000 acute care hospitals more…
Getting Veterans Off Medicaid
As states grapple with growing Medicaid costs in an era of sluggish…
Cancer Warrior: One Woman’s Successful Battle against Stage IV Colon Cancer
Shortly after Ruth Levine was diagnosed with Stage IV Colon Cancer, she…
Does Revised American College of Physicians Ethics Manual Need Revision?
I regard myself as a spirited patient advocate. (What doctor doesn’t?) When…
A Theory on Why The FDA Hid Conflicts of Interest
Much has been made of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’…
5% of Patients Account for Half of Health Care Spending
USA TODAY reports that 22 % of healthcare spending is from less…
Will Power is Biological
By the end of January, a third will have broken their resolutions,…
The Death Of Disease Management (Finally)
In 1995, Dr. Steven Rosenberg published an article in the New England…
Oxycontin and Heroin Addiction: Business Opportunities in the Push to Address the Problem
Growing up in the suburbs in the 1970s and 80s I knew…