Drew Remignanti is an emergency physician.

A world without vaccines: What history teaches us about public health

Conditions
June 28, 2025

What would a world without vaccines even look like?

Well, it turns out that we do not have to wonder since accurate historical records allow us to distinctly see and learn for ourselves. This is in keeping with our Secretary of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recent guidance to Do Your Own Research.

What we actually need, individually and as a nation, is clear and consistent science-based advice when it comes …

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A world without vaccines: What history teaches us about public health

High tech should not replace high talk and high touch in health care

Physician
December 16, 2024

Though many of the dollar-driven decision makers within health care would have us believe otherwise, we can’t AI, blood tests, or high-tech image our way out of our current U.S. health care mess. I learned this from having spent 40 years as a board-certified emergency physician and 50+ years as a chronic autoimmune disease patient. We must overtly acknowledge that all three of the above are simply supplemental tools. They …

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High tech should not replace high talk and high touch in health care

Medicare for all could work if doctors lead the way

Policy
October 17, 2024

Although Medicare for all seems to have gotten buried by politicians who label it as “socialistic,” it’s still an important idea that could be feasible if we approached it from a fresh perspective.

As patients, we may reflexively see Medicare for all as a panacea that would effectively remove most of our concerns about how to pay for our health care. But on the other hand, we may not realize the …

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Medicare for all could work if doctors lead the way

The compassion crisis in U.S. health care

Physician
April 25, 2024

No, I am not suggesting a new medical diagnosis, but I am merely pointing out a society-wide ailment in our U.S. culture. In support of my contention, I point to Compassionomics, the superb 2019 book by Drs. Stephen Trzeciak and Anthony Mazzarelli. In their compelling science-based presentation, the authors state, “Specifically, the hypothesis is that providing health care in a compassionate manner is more …

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The compassion crisis in U.S. health care

Only patients can save U.S. health care

Physician
March 11, 2022

U.S. health care is going to hell in a handbasket, but only as patients can we alter this. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), hospital administrators and we patients are all guilty of worshiping at the altar of “patient satisfaction.”

It’s not that patient satisfaction is necessarily a bad thing. As a patient myself, I certainly seek out convenience and satisfaction. A UC Davis study in 2012, …

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Only patients can save U.S. health care