Health care is growing hard to come by in rural America. Three-quarters of rural counties suffer from doctor shortages. More than 200 rural hospitals are at risk of closing due to financial hardship within the next two to three years, according to a st…
“To serve the art of medicine as it should be served, one must love his fellow man.” – William Osler There is sadness in my heart and my mind. With so many advances in the treatment of illnesses of the mind and body, why have we let o…
An excerpt from Patients in Peril: The Demise of Primary Care in America. The last 100 years have seen an astonishing drop in the percentage of American physicians who practiced primary care. In the early 1930s, 87% of private practice physicians were …
There are plenty of ideas about how to make Medicaid work for the poor Americans it’s meant to serve. But ignoring $80 billion in improper payments isn’t going to help.
Health experts spoke after a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and China President Xi Jinping in November in which the two sought areas for improvement in a relationship strained by geopolitics and other differences.
Health experts spoke after a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and China President Xi Jinping in November in which the two sought areas for improvement in a relationship strained by geopolitics and other differences.
When I transitioned into a new role as a training faculty member at an academic medical center a few years ago, it didn’t take long to realize that the program had a problem with psychological safety. There wasn’t much. As I got to know the…
In a report published by the Commonwealth Fund and released in August 2021, the performance of the U.S. health care system was compared to that of other high-income countries. The results were stunning: despite investing far more of its gross domestic …
Risks include a spike in cases and deaths
When it comes to healthcare, America can’t do what virtually all other countries do: have a government-run system. Why? Because the U.S. massively subsidizes the world’s other healthcare systems.
