The original Build Back Better Act proposed various provisions to improve Americans’ lives, including two years of free community college, child care assistance, and investments in clean energy. The steep price tag has led many to question whethe…
Category: Policy
Doctoring during Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal
I was sitting in my car on the phone when I heard the news. My boyfriend and I were chatting while I was driving to my parents’ house to have dinner. He mentioned to me that he had something to tell me and wanted to wait until I had stopped driving and…
Doctoring during Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal
I was sitting in my car on the phone when I heard the news. My boyfriend and I were chatting while I was driving to my parents’ house to have dinner. He mentioned to me that he had something to tell me and wanted to wait until I had stopped driving and…
How advanced analytics can help social determinants of health
Health care costs in the U.S. have increased dramatically over the past five decades, from $74 billion in 1970 to $3.8 trillion in 2019. This trend has been fueled in large part by an increase in the number of people who struggle with chronic condition…
Europe’s CDC U-Turns, Promotes Vaccine Boosters For All Adults As Region Fights Covid Surge
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said Covid-19 boosters should be considered for all adults and could help relieve the pressure from the virus over winter.
“Take it or leave it” is not negotiation but coercion
“Take it or leave it” is not negotiation but coercion. Physicians have been subject to this tactic for much too long. As an ophthalmologist in clinical practice for nearly four decades, I experienced too often what a recent author on KevinMD described …
Covid Surge ‘Worse Than Anything We’ve Seen’: Germany Mulls Tough Restrictions As Europe Targets Unvaccinated With Lockdown, Compulsory Shots
Vaccine holdouts in Austria will soon face a $4,000 fine, while unvaccinated people in Germany, Slovakia and Czechia are barred from public services, events and restaurants.
How to address the mental health fallout of climate change
An existential crisis On August 9, the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report made public what many had feared. Global temperature warming to 1.5 C is all but inevitable by 2040 — even by the most optimistic scena…
The FDA’s Dysfunction Is A Public Health Crisis Of Its Own
The FDA’s perpetual tardiness is a product of its culture. Agency officials don’t get in trouble if a drug or medical device that could save lives never makes it to market. But if an approved product injures or kills someone, then the agency could take…
Open enrollment: It’s time to leave your insurance plan behind
Research shows inadequate health insurance accounts for nearly 67 percent of all bankruptcies. This statistic is staggering, and illustrates a difficult reality for the many American families navigating today’s insurance market. Not only can medi…
