Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), the number of uninsured individuals in the United States decreased from 49 million in 2010 to 29 million in 2015. […]
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Neel Sharma: Lessons from the Bronx
I have just relocated to the Bronx in New York. At 29 I made it my mission to work and live abroad. I realised there comes a point when simply […]
William Cayley: Numerical minimal change disease
What difference makes a difference? We often encourage patients to make small behavioral changes, in the hope that even one step in the right direction is at least small progress. […]
Jeanne Lenzer: Clinton and Trump on healthcare
The Presidential Debate That Wasn’t The 90 minute presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ended last night without a single word about healthcare. Yet two-thirds of voters said […]
Catherine Hough-Telford: How have pediatricians’ experiences of vaccine delays and refusals changed?
It’s unbelievable that one of the most remarkable innovations of our time—one that has prevented millions of deaths—has come under so much fire by a cacophony of misinformed voices in […]
William Cayley: What is your story?
Much has been written in recent years about “narrative medicine” or “narrative based medicine,” and there has even been discussion of how to integrate “narrative” and “evidence based” medicine in both journal […]
Jeanne Lenzer: Donald Trump on Dr Oz—the greatest non-evidence based show on earth
Late night comics will love Donald Trump’s latest act of showmanship: the neatly choreographed moment when he pulled out his “medical record” from his jacket pocket on The Dr Oz […]
William Cayley: Systems wisdom
In a recent BMJ blog Steve Ruffenach made some excellent points on the importance of balancing “accept” and “except” in approaching “Tech” in medicine. However, as we continue to feel the pressure […]
William Cayley: Where is our faith?
One of my favorite radio pundits is EJ Dionne, so I was intrigued to read in my morning paper his opinion piece, asking “where are our faith leaders?” In short, he argues […]
Elizabeth Loder: Should orange be the new black for price-gouging pharma execs?
One thing’s for sure: Heather Bresch, the CEO of Mylan Pharmaceuticals, looks good in orange. She’s the subject of a recent New York Times article that opens by declaring “America has […]