As Congress continues to struggle with healthcare reform, I suggest that there is one way to look at it that might make the arguments simpler than they currently are. I see only two points of view. No matter who you are or what your interest in reform is, you fall into one of these categories: …
Healthcare Reform: Which Comes First – Lives or Money? Read More »
After a week of hearing that the sky is falling because swine flu was going to take us all down, there’s a lot of second guessing about whether government(s) and the media have over-hyped the potential for a pandemic, and whether we have all over-reacted to the fear. I say – we have not overreacted …
Here’s an update on my Every Patient’s Advocate activities for the week of January 25 to 31: See this icon? It means this link includes an opportunity for you to participate, beyond just a comment. However, please remember that your comments to any article or post are always welcome. This icon indicates a piece that …
From Cranky Bloggers to Peanut Butter: Week in Review Read More »
For several years now, I’ve sounded the warning bells — stay away from those websites that allow you to put your own health records online for free…. You can’t imagine how much grief I’ve taken for that statement. Especially when I point out that organizations like the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic are actually …
Is Google Strong-Arming the Feds to Allow Sale of Health Information? Read More »
I was excited to hear that the new secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle, was reaching out to the American people for input on what a reformed healthcare system would look like. Imagine — asking the people who must participate. What a unique and exciting concept! That was… until I actually went to …
Is Daschle Really Interested in Our Ideas for Healthcare Reform? Read More »
Shannon Brownlee, the author of Overtreated, manages to rearrange my perspective from time to time. She takes the facts I have learned, or the concepts I study, and makes me see them in an entirely different light. I may not always agree with her! But I never fail to learn plenty. This recent article penned …
We all think we know what healthcare reform means — we think it means something about universal healthcare, right? You might be surprised to learn that “universal healthcare” isn’t what it’s about at all. It’s about shifting who gets healthcare, figuring out how to pay for it, and knowing that any success we find will …
Healthcare Reform – Do You Understand the Questions? Read More »
I’ve been running a poll on my About.com patient empowerment site, asking the question Tom Brokaw asked in the debate this week: Is healthcare a right? or a responsibility? Do we as individuals believe we should all have a right to healthcare coverage, similar to the way we have police protection, or fire protection, or …
Will Healthcare Be Important in the Upcoming Elections? Read More »
