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.
Category: Policy
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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…
It takes more than marching to make black lives matter in health care
When we hear or chant, “Black Lives Matter,” what all does this refer to? Is it the gruesome police brutality in the death of George Floyd? Or the murder of Ahmaud Arbery? Absolutely. But what else should it refer to? We know that black liv…
It’s time for a comprehensive universal health care system in America
When it comes to health care, this election cycle has been different than previous ones. Either it is Medicare for all or public option in the ACA, democratic candidates have shown support for some version of universal health care. As the health care c…
What do white LGBTQIA+ people owe to the black community?
“What do we owe to each other?” If you watch television, you may recognize that as a quote from the show The Good Place; if you’re a philosophy buff, you may recognize the work of T. M. Scanlon on contractualism. Either way, it’s a good que…
