Further Disruptive Changes in Health Care Delivery
Technology to lower costs rather than accelerate them. Smart phones to increase physician and other […]
View ArticleA Vision For Health Care In America
In researching The Future of Health Care Delivery – Why It Must Change and How […]
View ArticleThe Coming Disruptive and Transformational Changes in Health Care Delivery
There will be some very disruptive and some transformational changes in the way health care […]
View ArticleThe Strength To Accomplish Incredible Things
Illnesses, like cancer, can be devastating but hope springs eternal and love and caring can […]
View ArticleWill “Medicare As We Know It” Persist Or Will It Change?
With the nomination of Congressman Paul Ryan last summer as the vice presidential candidate of […]
View Article“Why Are Medicare Costs Rising So Fast? – It’s Actually Not Complicated”
Medicare is complicated. And expensive to government and individuals. My last post was the beginning […]
View ArticleMedicare Is Not Free, As Many Would Believe
A retired couple can expect to spend about $6000 per year (or more) for Medicare. […]
View ArticleDemocrats Fix For Medicare – Price Controls
The two party’s approaches are quite different. The Democrats’ plans are contained generally in the […]
View ArticleRepublicans’ Medicare Fix — Defined Benefit Becomes Defined Contribution
The Republicans’ proposals for Medicare are quite different than the Democrats’ in that they begin […]
View ArticleMedicare and the Continuing Loss of Primary Care Physicians
Primary care physicians (PCPs) have been marginalized by Medicare for decades with low reimbursement rates […]
View ArticleA “Grand Bargain” To Improve Quality and Decrease Medicare Costs
There are just a few key reasons why Medicare has become inordinately expensive. There is […]
View ArticleHave You Had Your Colonoscopy Yet? –A Ludicrous Colonoscopy Rule and the ACA
“An ounce of prevention” we all know is good medicine. An example is colonoscopy. It […]
View ArticleNanomedicine – A Key Component to the Future of Medicine
Nanotechnology is making fast advances in medicine. I have written about it before here and […]
View ArticleCheap Drugs From Canada– Good Idea?
The price of drugs comes from a perverse system and what you as a patient […]
View ArticleSmall Businesses And The Not So Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act is not so affordable if you own or if you are […]
View ArticleHow Many Patients Should A Primary Care Physician Care For?
The answer is probably about 1000 or less. But most primary care physicians (PCPs) have […]
View ArticleThe Meaning And Depth of the Primary Care Crisis
The Crisis in Primary Care – Part 1 of a Series The primary care physician […]
View ArticleCauses of the Crisis in Primary Care
The Crisis in Primary Care –Part 2 Primary care physicians (PCPs) have too little time […]
View ArticleWhy Is There A Critical Shortage of Primary Care Physicians?
The Crisis in Primary Care Part 3 Primary care physicians (PCPs) are becoming extinct. It’s […]
View ArticleLack of Listening is the Core Problem in American Health Care
The Crisis in Primary Care – Part 4 There is and will be a need […]
View ArticleThe Paradox In American Healthcare
We have a real paradox in American healthcare. On the one hand we have exceptionally […]
View ArticleThe Doctor’s Customer Is The Insurer – Shouldn’t It Be The Patient?
You the patient are really not the customer of your primary care physician. Since the […]
View ArticleTime – The Impediment to Being a Good Primary Care Doctor
Did you get more than a few minutes with your doctor at your last visit? […]
View ArticleWhat Are the Characteristics of a Good Primary Care Physician?
PCPs like people. This was true of them long before they started medical school and […]
View ArticleAmerica has healthcare all figured out – except for the delivery system
You the patient are really not the customer of the physician. Since the insurer will […]
View ArticleWhy Do I Only Get 10 Minutes With My Doctor?
Good question. You call for an appointment and are told it will be about 20 […]
View ArticleAging Gracefully – Part 1 The Normal Aging Process
It is possible to slow the aging process. No there is no Fountain of Youth […]
View ArticleAging Gracefully – Part 2 Slowing The Aging Process
Can we slow the aging process? The answer is a definite yes and it all […]
View ArticleAging Gracefully – Part 2 Slowing The Aging Process
Can we slow the aging process? The answer is a definite yes and it all […]
View ArticleAging Gracefully Part 4 Comprehensive Primary Care For The Elderly
Comprehensive primary care is essential to good health, wellness and needed medical care during our […]
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