Teenage Cancer Survivor Perseveres by Blogging
When Clarissa was 13 she entered Johns Hopkins Hospital to be treated…
Mental Health Cost Cuts Strain Law Enforcement
So-called austerity measures, a strategy in many Republican-dominated state legislatures to control…
Really Oxfam? Really?
Oxfam hasn’t let pesky little things like representative household surveys and impact…
Why Pilot Programs are a Waste of Time and Money
President Obama has repeatedly given us his vision of how to lower…
Trends in Medical Care – Overview
There are a series of medical megatrends outlined in my book The…
Alternative Quality Contract
“In January 2009 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts launched a new…
CMS to Announce ACO Regs Soon
What exactly is an accountable care organization? Interestingly, the term is as…
No Lack of Self Esteem
Ninety-four percent of college professors believe they have above-average teaching skills. A…
Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Illness
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Synthesis Project has produced an excellent report…
How Massachusetts’ Commonwealth Connector is Better than Utah’s Health Exchange
The range of current libertarian-conservative expert opinion on ObamaCare’s Health Benefits Exchanges…