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Hope and Change or Hope We Have Some Change Left?
With the economy in a tailspin, the deficit growing uncontrollably and no realistic, meaningful plan for healthcare reform, this roller coaster has just left the station. We are all eagerly listening with anticipation to that clickety-clack, clickety-clack of the clogs, as we ascend that first steep set of...
We’ve Taken Our Message to the Streets
Have you heard all the buzz generated by our Presidential candidates about their great ideas to solve the health care crisis? Nothing, not a word. Sadly, it does not even make the top three issues that concern most Americans. As physicians, we know it is truly the 800-pound gorilla in the room and any proposed solution will make resolving the crisis of Social Security reform look like a...
A brief look at President Obama's proposed budget
President Obama’s comprehensive ten-year budget plan includes a blueprint to create a $634 billion reserve fund as a “first step” towards health care reform. It is described as a “down payment” and it will probably end up to be over a trillion dollars by the time it is fully implemented. The plan’s stated goal is to “put the United States on a clear path to cover all...
Flu Season
The past few months have been hectic to say the least for health care providers. Emergency departments and private physician office practices have seen record volumes. The Swine Flu, or H1N1 as the Administration would like us to call it, has taken Indiana by storm. While the number of cases have been few and fatalities still fewer, the public was concerned and wanted answers. Most were walking wounded, who needed nothing more than...
The State of Medicine and the Importance of Physicians
For the last few months health care has take center stage in a national debate. In June President Obama went to Chicago to address the AMA about his vision for how to improve the health and well being of our great nation. He was treated with respect and after speaking to members of the Indiana delegation who were present, there was mostly applause, but a few jeers especially when he backtracked on tort reform for...
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