Eban: They knew I was coming. They had let me come in, but I saw a very different world within these plants through whistleblowers. I worked with a lot of whistleblowers who had contacted me — or I had made …
U.S. Healthcare: A Case Study of What Happens When “Insurance” Supplants Price-Transparent Markets
Our health insurance-based third-party payer protocols have pernicious and nefarious economic consequences on the cost of medical care; and in many ways has diminished access due to regulatory complexities that accompany these interventions. The undeniable result continues to be a …
When Ricky Gervais Meets Socrates: A Lesson on the Limits of Knowledge | Antony Davies, James R. Harrigan
Socrates was taken aback when the Oracle of Delphi said there was none wiser than he. Not believing the Oracle, Socrates went on an exhaustive hunt for a person wiser than himself, but came up empty. Why? Because everyone he …
IP4PI Participates in National Day of Solidarity to Prevent Physician Suicide
Originally posted on IP4PI - Independent Physicians for Patient independence: August 20th was a National Day of Solidarity to Prevent Physician Suicide. Learn more at http://www.care2.com/savedoctors and watch Dr. Craig M. Wax speak at the Philadelphia County Medical Society…
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5 Psychological Forces That Turn People into Political Hacks | Aaron Pomerantz
How many of these have you fallen victim to? Be honest. “We have a choice before us: to continue the patterns of thought and behavior that have brought us to such a contentious political situation or to make a change. …
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Implicit in the mission of this blog is to support independent professionals, not just medical professionals, and the unencumbered ability to pursue their chosen profession; and to do so without excess gov’t restrictions.
Filter Coffee Tied to Lower Diabetes Risk in Metabolomics Study
Adults who drank two to three cups of filtered coffee a day (the highest quartile of filtered coffee–metabolite score) had a 58% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes within 10 years than those who drank fewer than one cup …
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Should access to life-saving medicines be determined by economic evaluations? | TheHill
“My opportunity finally came. In April 2018, I was one of a few hundred cystic fibrosis patients to dose in a pivotal phase III clinical trial to evaluate a new drug designed to correct CFTR, the dysfunctional protein responsible for …
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