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Health Wonk Review – Opening Day Edition
Today is opening day. The first day of the season where the…
In Defense of Primary Care, and of Sub-Sub-Sub-Specialists
An article in the March 24 NEJM called Specialization, Subspecialization, and Subsubspecialization…
Clinics, Free Clinics, and the Future Uninsured – Interview with Erika Viccellio
Free Clinics are volunteer based health care organizations providing medical, dental, pharmaceutical…
Physically and Socially Active Adults Less Chance of Being Disabled in Elder Years
Older adults who remain as physically and socially active as possible have…
A New Way to Allocate Donor Kidneys?
Younger, healthier patients would be more likely than older, sicker ones to…
How Many Melanoma Patients Did the FDA Kill?
By my estimate, more than 1,000 people have died prematurely because of…
Are There Differences in Medicare Spending Across States?
Research by the Dartmouth Atlas team has indicated that Medicare spending is…
Is Medicaid Real Insurance?
As governors across the land pepper the federal government with requests to…
Supreme Court Hands Vaccine Makers a Big Win
Vaccine makers won a big victory last week when the Supreme Court…
