Category: Policy

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and why medical professionals should care

On October 7, Hamas, a terrorist group, launched an unprecedented assault against Israeli civilians. Thousands have been confirmed killed, while hundreds have been taken hostage. Israel has retaliated by pounding Gaza with rockets, killing thousands mo…

How busy clinicians can advocate for fossil fuel divestment

As general pediatricians whose intention is to promote health and wellness in children and youth, we witness the direct and indirect health effects of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The climate crisis looms as an existential threat to human…

This Healthcare Reform Could Finally Bring Democrats And Republicans Together

Like all policies that give patients control over their health benefits, ICHRAs will help employers and employees get better value for their healthcare dollar.

Why aren’t more pediatricians leaning into rural health?

Rural health for children is in trouble. Don’t take my word for it, just ask the CDC. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just offered further evidence that American children — and rural children in particular — are in…

The health care disruptors are not coming. They are here.

Plenty has been written and said about how health care in the United States is too convoluted to be disrupted by new entrants. Dan Munro, health care author, and Forbes contributor compiles most of the rationales provided by thought leaders in his 2018…

Lessons from VA hospitals: Meeting basic needs improves wellbeing

I started my career at a state hospital but transitioned to a VA hospital in 2007. I had been a resident at the hospital and was familiar with the unit and population. The unit had 19 beds, and typically these were filled. Often, admissions were for cr…

Transparency Is The Cure For What Ails American Health Care

When Americans have access to relevant pricing information, they can shop for health care and prescription drugs with the same eye for value and quality that they currently do in every other sector of the economy.

How Vivek Ramaswamy Became A Billionaire

The whip-smart Republican made a pile of money in finance and biotech, enough to turn himself into one of the richest thirty-somethings in America. Unlike Donald Trump, he’s entirely self-made.

Biden Is “Guilty Of An Act Of Medicare Malpractice” That Could Cost Lives

President Biden is guilty of an act of Medicare malpractice that will ultimately hurt everyone, some mortally.

Pediatricians grapple with guns in America, from Band-Aids to bullets

“My best friend was murdered while we were walking home from school.” The once lively thirteen-year-old boy now slumped in the chair across from me, his words spilling out with newfound heaviness. As I looked at him during what was supposed…