COVID-19 and America’s true colors

Conditions and Diseases
April 6, 2020

During times of stress, true colors show. The United States is a global leader and literally a dream for millions around the world. During the pandemic pandemonium, we should want to be proud to be American. What does that mean right now, though?

After the government’s expansive recent transformations in their role with emergency programs becoming available in light of the CARES Act being approved, I cannot help but think about …

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COVID-19 and America’s true colors

The doctor’s emotional switch

Physician
March 12, 2018

The “doctor switch,” a protective coping mechanism ingrained into the emotional training of doctors, is a double-edged sword.

Doctors see and experience things that many people would consider intimate, gory, horrifying and even repulsive on a regular basis. Doctors must balance the scales of life and death in their hands in addition to the heavy responsibility of carrying the health and wellness of their patients in addition to living their own …

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The doctor’s emotional switch

Eliminate the middlemen of private insurance companies

Health Policy
November 19, 2017

It’s no doubt that the health care conundrum our nation is facing is fraught with high-risk hypotheses and their unpalatable consequences. Complicating this further is the business-minded nature of many lobbyists and policy-makers influencing our government’s decisions, including President Trump’s. This is particularly timely given the recent executive orders Mr. Trump has unilaterally implemented that both sides of the aisle are concerned about. As a physician with a top priority …

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Eliminate the middlemen of private insurance companies