The American Medical Association (AMA) would have you believe that the biggest threat to the medical profession is “scope creep” – the intrusion of advanced practice providers into medical practice. The way I see it, this is no big deal; th…
Category: Public Health & Policy
It is time that medical societies acknowledge that pro-life views are legitimate
The recent Dobbs decision has led to strong reactions from many major medical associations arguing that limiting abortion options will significantly harm women with unexpected pregnancies. This needs to be acknowledged, and the desire to do what is bes…
Keeping rural hospitals in the game [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Without a strong rural health care system, our nation’s ability to expand and contract with surges in demand will become very limited. When hospitals work together, they can better e…
Health care is upside down [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “With regard to health care in the USA, the quote from Dickens is twice correct. We are in the best of times for knowledge, capability, and potential. We also are in the worst of time…
Addressing pain in patient experience surveys [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Yes, the opioid crisis in this country has caused a reckoning in the medical field about how to treat patient pain. Ignoring the pain will not make it go away. Options are available …
New proposals for universal health care in Oregon and Washington
Once again, it’s time to consider universal health care. What are the implications? Could it happen? After something of a hiatus during the passage of the Affordable Care Act and the battles over its implementation, legislative committees in Oregon and…
Can the Inflation Reduction Act build back medicine better and reduce climate change? [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “There is great hope for this bill to accomplish the stated goals in the medical and energy worlds. There are many excellent summaries regarding this bill, and I would urge any intere…
Punishing doctors for spreading misinformation
When I was in high school, I read George Orwell’s 1984, a novel about a dystopian future where the government (a.k.a. Big Brother) monitors everything the citizenry says or thinks. Anyone deviating from government “doublespeak” is swi…
A Hungarian Jewish man’s fight for freedom [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Despite the terror of the Soviets, it was clear that not even their mighty tanks could eradicate the social tides that now, like a tsunami, could not be turned back. The power of the…
Amazon, CVS, and Walmart are playing health care’s long game
In recent months, three of the nation’s largest retailers have stirred up a frenzy on Wall Street with a string of high-profile health care deals. Amazon bought primary-care company One Medical in early August for $3.9 billion. That was a month b…
