The good, bad, and the ugly of repealing the Affordable Care Act

Policy
November 22, 2016

With the election of Trump and a Republican Congress, it looks like the ACA is doomed. Will it be repealed in whole or in part? Will something replace it? None of us, including the new administration, know exactly what will happen. But if it does get repealed, what exactly are the consequences?

The ACA was never a full health care overhaul. It was a form of insurance reform that used subsidies …

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The good, bad, and the ugly of repealing the Affordable Care Act

Flying the deadly skies

Physician
October 28, 2016

Recently I’ve seen a number of reports of women who are denied the ability to help in a plane emergency because they are not believed to be doctors. While most of the denied women are of color, since this became public a large number of women of all races have come forward because of similar racial and gender discrimination.

I am an emergency physician, and I was once called to duty …

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Flying the deadly skies

An inhumane way to help those in greatest need of immediate intervention

Conditions
September 12, 2016

Imagine losing your grip on reality; your only place to turn is the local hospital. Once there, you give up your personal effects, your clothes, and often, your right to leave. You wear paper scrubs in a sparse room, lay on an uncomfortable bed, and have a guard nearby preventing your escape. In seeking help, you have become a prisoner. This is done for your and for the hospital personnel’s …

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An inhumane way to help those in greatest need of immediate intervention