Michael Moore points fingers, and doesn't allow the accused to defend themselves.
The Washington Post agrees:
He never interviews actual veterans of the system: doctors, nurses, administrators -- only the victims.
Thus we get a bottom-up, not a top-down or a full-frontal view of the creaking system. The film progresses from anecdote to anecdote along predictable lines: American health coverage = BAD, European health coverage = ...
Congrats Dr. Schwab. One of the best on the web.
A psychiatrist examines the craziness.
Predominantly female?
Are women really more likely to have allergic reactions to medications than men, or are they simply more likely to receive a greater variety of medications over time and thus discover that they are allergic to them? Or are women just more likely to complain about subtle adverse reactions than men?
Take the celebrity quiz. When you're finished that, you can take a look at facelifts for dogs.
Panda should know. He compares the health care with the military:
Consider the American military in comparison to the typical European military. The American military is an expensive, technologically sophisticated organization that is twenty or thirty years ahead of anything the Europeans can field . . .
. . . A primary care military with conscripted soldiers who don't expect to do much is fairly inexpensive and looks ...
So says Edwin Leap. Just please don't tell me that health care will be free:
Even health-care in the purest idealized socialist system, in the most European, Marxist based, Castro-modeled, academic leftist dream-scape, won't be free. Get this: health care can't be free.
It can be free to the people who receive it, provided they are low enough on the economic scale. But to ...
The #1 cosmetic procedure. A plastic surgeon explains why:
It's likely that the increasing number of women having breast augmentation is partially due to the strong economy (in everywhere but here in Michigan) and the fact that silicone gel implants were approved by the FDA in November. These implants are so superior to the saline implants in appearance and feel that I am now finding more women opting ...
A sicker population, and a fee for service reimbursement system are driving factors. Want to solve the problem? Go back to capitati . . . oops, already tried that.
Scott MacStravic clearly identifies the reasons.
I'll trade my Avian Flu for your Hantavirus card. (via Women's Health News and Medgadget)
Physicians in France make about $55,000 per year. Can that be realistically applied here?
France reimburses its doctors at a far lower rate than U.S. physicians would accept. However, French doctors don't have to pay back their crushing student loans because medical school is paid for by the state, and malpractice insurance premiums are a tiny fraction of the $55,000 a year and up that many U.S. doctors ...
Yes, it sounds good. But, be careful what you wish for:
Furthermore, establishing a Health Insurance floor, as any UHC system must inevitably do, will encourage suppliers of Tier 1A care to edge toward Tier 3 care (since Tier 2 will be slowly disappearing.) Since Tier 1 and 1A effectively support the bulk of innovation in Medicine, this movement will further constrict the moneys available for difficult ...
Beginning of a slippery slope? (via Medpundit)
Finance Physician looks at some reasons not to get one.
Sometimes, it's not so simple.
JAMA editor Catherine DeAngelis calls physicians on speakers bureaus prostitutes.
Most physicians want a moratorium. I'll go one step further and say they should be banned.
Thankfully, their strategy to shift liability failed:
In a setback for drugmakers, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that pharma can't escape liability for harmful prescriptions by blaming problems on the docs. At issue is the notion of'learned intermediary,' which says a doc presumably has enough info to make a prudent prescribing decision, absolving a drugmaker of any subsequent problem with a patient.
retired doc on the effects of limiting residents' work hours:
Do we not learn in part by making errors in an environment where we are buffered and protected by our mentors and more senior colleagues? How will this cohort of residents fare when they are truly out on their own and there will be no team to hand off to when they have been up most of the night ...
Ovarian cancer screening clearly touches a nerve. No one doubts that ovarian cancer is a devastating diagnosis, often found when the disease...
According to a recent study from the Archives of Internal Medicine, primary care physicians are referring more patients to specialists than ever...
One of the reasons there is such a movement against vaccines is the democratization of information, perpetuated by search engines like Google....
In a widely circulated CNN article, many radiologists have been found to cheat on their board exams: "Doctors around the country taking an...
I've only had to declare death a couple of times. Once in a three-year-old and once in an adult. In each case...
Billionaire Teddy Forstmann had been diagnosed with a serious form of brain cancer. There’s a tragic twist to the story: according to...
One of the things I love about family medicine is that I get to care for people of all ages. I almost...
I just finished reading George’s recent post on Evelyn Lauder, who recently passed away from ovarian cancer, and am still stirred by...
Here is a toast to the miracle of love. Not to the romantic, chocolate, dance club nightlife type of love. Not warm...
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet...
One morning this May, I woke up with a stiff neck. I applied hot and cold therapy all day and took an...
Visiting someone who is dying or critically ill is an experience many of us will have in the course of our lives....
A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com. This week, I’m joining hundreds of physicians and medical students in Washington, DC...
Everyone in the world is talking about “value-driven health care.” Or so it might seem if you pick up a medical journal...
CNN recently posted an article titled "Doctors Going Broke." It described several cases of independent physicians who are near bankruptcy although they once...
One of the things that I like most about my job is engaging with ACP’s physician leadership—the internal medicine doctors who dedicate...
As a follow-up to my post on why patients with implantable defibrillators should have access to their device’s data, I am going...
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal reviewed the emerging role of email in healthcare, arguing that doctors should more aggressively...
Paul Conslato, MD, director of clinical affairs for Lancaster General Medical Group, recently was quoted in the PAMED Better Health Network eZine...
Don’t get me wrong, EMRs (electronic medical records) are inevitable. Over the long-run they are almost certainly good for physicians, patients and...
I have decided to spam for public health. Phone calls, text messaging, and even apps have been shown to help improve health...
Does your medical practice allow anybody to post links and comments on your Facebook page? The short answer is yes. We do....
As a physician, technology cannot replace you, but it can make you more efficient and effective. This was the message from Richard...
Looking ahead to the next several months, I’ve found myself frequently wondering how many physicians will make this their year to take...
