Active Learning: Go chat with your local drug rep
So I was chatting with a new friend who works for a pharmaceutical company. He takes a medication that his employer makes. Recently,...
Q: "But what about people who still can't afford healthcare?"
This question has been posted time and again by different people; they all seem worried about people who can't afford healthcare in our...
Review: "Supreme Court Strikes At States' Efforts On Health Care Transparency" - NPR
This was a "wtf" article published by Charles Ornstein for ProPublica and distributed via NPR. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2...
Q: "Did you hear what Martin Shkreli said?"
This question was posed to me by a friend. My answer: "of course I did." His response: "that guy's an asshole." My response: "maybe,...
Review: "Debate Sharpens Over Single-Payer Health Care, But What Is It Exactly?" - NPR
This was a post by Julie Rovner on 1/22/2016 in collaboration with Kaiser Health News. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/01/2...
Q: "Do you have your confirmation number?"
This was the question I was asked by the front desk staff of a hotel nestled amongst the goliaths of the Texas Medical Center. Last...
Review: "Would Paying Your Doctor Cash Up Front Get You Better Care?" - NPR
This article, posted on NPR by Shefali Luthra on Jan 13, 2016 discusses "direct primary care." My main concern about this article is its...
Q: Why can't doctors just leave?
This is a follow-up post to my review of The New York Times article today. In a nutshell, we can leave. But it's a painstaking process...
Review: "Doctors Unionize to Resist the Medical Machine" – The New York Times
This was a story written by Noam Scheiber and published by the New York Times today. The author describes a common situation: physicians...
Review: "Medicaid May Soon Pay for Some Inpatient Addiction Treatment" – NPR
This story was written by Ben Allen for NPR yesterday. Substance abuse treatment is sometimes a difficult subject to discuss because it...