Category: Policy

Dr. Oz: A Message To The Vulnerable

Half the country will almost always avoid Covid-19 hospitalization. The other half can shed their “vulnerable” label by losing weight and the associated high blood pressure and sugar levels. Following these tips will help America beat this pandemic.

President Trump Walks Down Ramp At West Point, Here Is How People Reacted

Trump’s short walk ramped up the chatter and speculation on social media.

Cuomo Warns Of ‘Consequences’ After Videos Emerge Of Maskless New Yorkers Drinking In The Streets

“I am warning today, in a nice way, the consequences of your actions.”

Oklahoma’s Coronavirus Cases Spike As Voters Weigh Medicaid Expansion And Trump Plans Rally

Oklahoma voters are weighing whether to expand Medicaid health coverage via ballot initiative just as cases of the Coronavirus strain Covid-19 rise and President Trump schedules an arean-sized political rally in Tulsa.

We are not trying to be conservative or liberal. We are human.

My mother has a tattoo. Really. She does. There is a small blue crucifix on the inner aspect of her right wrist. Let me pause here to point out a few things. First of all, my mother is not a “tattoo” person. Secondly, the inner aspect of th…

Protect and serve. Do no harm. Both are failing.

Protect and serve. Do no harm. These are covenants our public servants promise to us. Police officers and clinicians are both entrusted with attending to our health and safety. Both are failing. We must be able to trust clinicians and police with the i…

How To Safely Protest, Rally And Vote During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands. Vote-by-mail is your safest bet.

Adapting medical safety standards to enhance police outcomes

As a resident in the 1970s, I used to receive the AMA weekly newsletter.  A squib of a few paragraphs noted that the Alabama Medical Board had issued a reprimand to a surgeon for suturing the hand of a young African-American man, then removing the sutu…

Obamacare Insurer Centene Boosts Pandemic Outlook And Focus On Health Disparities

Health insurer Centene expects the rise in unemployment amid the spread of the coronavirus strain COVID-19 to boost Medicaid and Obamacare enrollment in the coming months and increase revenue to as much as $112 billion.

Hospital-based preparedness in the post-COVID era

COVID-19 has made the inadequacy of our public health and hospital-based health care system to identify, mitigate, and resolve pandemic disaster self-evident. Gaps in hospital-based preparedness capacity are abundant, including the inadequacy of stockp…