The company is at a standoff with the Modi government, which wants Musk to commit to building electric vehicles locally before waiving steep tariffs.
Category: Policy
As FDA Considers Easing Medication Abortion Restrictions, New Study Finds Patients Prefer Flexibility
With the FDA poised to provide an update on its substantive review of medication abortion restrictions, new research shows patients want easier access to these drugs.
It is time for Supreme Court to help stem gun deaths
Every morning when I turn on the local Philadelphia TV news to hear the weather report, I also hear about the shootings that have occurred. This morning I heard that a 66-year-old man was shot while driving past his old high school. A fight had broken …
The blueprint for a Gold Medal Health Care System
An excerpt from Blueprint for a Gold Medal Health Care System. We do not currently have a Gold Medal Health Care System. There may be more than one way to build one, but this book is about my vision of a Gold Medal system, and I will henceforth refer t…
Why Biden’s Tobacco-Tax-Hike Scheme Is A Big Mistake
The Democrats’ proposal to sharply raise tobacco taxes should go up in smoke.
Why private equity is a dangerous employer
About 4 months after emergency medicine physician Jessica (a pseudonym used out of fear of retaliation from her employer) joined a Michigan hospital in 2014, the department’s staffing group was bought out by TeamHealth, a staffing firm backed by …
The success of Australian firearms regulation: What it could mean for children
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2018 noted the sad milestone that firearms were causing 15% of all deaths in children and adolescents. Somewhat encouraging, a later study showed states with stricter firearm laws correlated with low…
Systemic racism and Indigenous deaths in health care
Ni cta ni akohikon: That hurts me. Carol pe ntamici: Carol, come see me. Ni taci sa micta mackikikatakoiin: They are overdosing me on drugs. Wipatc tca: Do it quickly. Those were the chilling words of Joyce Echaquan, broadcasting live from Facebook on …
Expanding health care access and equity through telehealth
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been an amplifier and catalyst for numerous issues. The pandemic has impacted health care delivery significantly, and inequities for the Black community are more apparent. Federal and state rules for teleh…
This doctor will be running for the legislature in the future
You don’t know who I am yet, but you will in the future. I haven’t decided yet if I will run for the House, Senate, or the U.S. Congress. If you are a health care professional, whether it be a doctor able to change medicine, nurses, respira…
