Tenessa MacKenzie, MD
Tenessa MacKenzie is a family physician.
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Health policy
Medical school didn’t teach me about the intricacies of health insurance. My family medicine residency program took pride in caring for all patients regardless of insurance status. When I worked in New Zealand and Canada it was a relief to…
Medical school didn’t teach me about the intricacies of health insurance. My family medicine residency program took pride in caring for all patients regardless of insurance status. When I worked in New Zealand and Canada it was a relief to not worry about which diabetic test strips were on formulary or whether a patient’s insurance would cover their birth control.
In my current position as a primary care physician at an …
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The problem with too many health insurance options
Physician voices
I hoped that my feisty patient who prevailed over brain cancer would be spared another terminal diagnosis, but after two years in remission, her mammogram showed breast cancer. She agreed to surgery, but declined further chemotherapy. When the time comes,…
I hoped that my feisty patient who prevailed over brain cancer would be spared another terminal diagnosis, but after two years in remission, her mammogram showed breast cancer. She agreed to surgery, but declined further chemotherapy. When the time comes, she asked, would I help her end her life?
The End of Life Option Act goes into effect in California on June 9, 2016, joining a handful of other …
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California’s End of Life Option Act will provoke meaningful conversations
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