Suppose It’s an Obligation and Not a Right?
By THE DARK GODDESS OF REPLEVIN Suppose we frame the current health insurance* debate in a different way? *It is about insurance. “Health insurance”=/=”health c...
By THE DARK GODDESS OF REPLEVIN Suppose we frame the current health insurance* debate in a different way? *It is about insurance. “Health insurance”=/=”health c...
By WESTBY FISHER, MD In the May 2nd issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the American Medical Association (AMA) discusses the subjec...
By ADRIAN GROPPER, MD and DEBORAH PEEL, MD Health privacy sits at an uncomfortable junction between three interests: individual human rights, public / populatio...
By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD In a little piece of legislation known as the Affordable Care Act, preventive services are mandated to be covered with no out-of-pocket exp...
By JILL MERRIGAN We know there are plenty of healthcare conferences to choose from if you’re looking to get inspired. However, we strongly believe our conferenc...
By JEFF GOLDSMITH In August 1989, Chicago Congressman Daniel Rostenkowski, then Chairman of the “powerful” House Ways and Means Committee, narrowly escaped an a...
By WILLIAM HERSH, MD The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) has increased substantially in hospitals and clinician offices in large part due to the “m...
By ROBERT WACHTER, MD Dean Jameson, Trustees, Faculty, Family and Friends, and most of all, Graduates of the Class of 2017: Standing before you on this wonderfu...
By JANE ORIENT, MD The reported success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) is based on enrollment numbers. Millions more have “coverage.” Similarly, ...
By JIM PURCELL Did you realize that the American Health Care Act (AHCA) recently passed by the Congressional Republican majority will allow insurers to deny cov...