Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH
Rishi Manchanda is a primary care physician.
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An excerpt from The Upstream Doctors: Medical Innovators Track Sickness to Its Source. There’s a story widely known in public health circles about three friends and a river. I retell it this way: Three friends approach a wide, beautiful river…
An excerpt from The Upstream Doctors: Medical Innovators Track Sickness to Its Source.
There’s a story widely known in public health circles about three friends and a river. I retell it this way:
Three friends approach a wide, beautiful river leading to a waterfall. The idyllic scene is shattered by the cries of a small child in the water, flailing his arms while struggling to stay afloat. He’s fast approaching the
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Cultivate more upstreamists to transform health care
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by Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH Mr. M walked into the community clinic where I work with a portable oxygen tank in tow. At 62, he's gaunt and winded, battling a disease that is progressively scarring his lungs. Every breath is…
by Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH
Mr. M walked into the community clinic where I work with a portable oxygen tank in tow. At 62, he’s gaunt and winded, battling a disease that is progressively scarring his lungs. Every breath is a fight. Instead of the clear flow of air, I hear the sound of velcro ripping when I place my stethoscope on his chest. In medicine, his …
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How Medicaid is under political attack
Health policy
by Rishi Manchanda, MD As a primary care doctor for working families, I am interested in anything that can tangibly address my patients' health problems. But how do I prescribe repeal? The House effort to repeal and replace last year's…
by Rishi Manchanda, MD
As a primary care doctor for working families, I am interested in anything that can tangibly address my patients’ health problems. But how do I prescribe repeal?
The House effort to repeal and replace last year’s health care law is not just an untested placebo with major potential side effects, like increasing the number of Americans without health coverage. For those of us on …
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How repeal and replace will affect patients
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