retired doc's thoughts

High fives to the endlessly insightful blog of John Goodman for what I believe is the best designation yet for PPACA which is also known as...

This article , from the WSJ, tells a precautionary tale that has been told many times in the past.It is a narrative with apparent deal-maki...

A recent publication in the publication "Health Affairs" has evoked comments and some concern from advocates of comparative effec...

According to this article in the Christian Science Monitor, the Justice Department says it is -at least in regard to as physicians. This g...

The blog commentary by Dr. David Rind discusses the issue of composite end points in clinical trials and in particular the CREST trial which...

This paper (see here ) regarding P4P and its impact on surgery or the lack of it for the obese patient has received at least two appropriat...

I harp on the theme of the effect of the price controls on physician's fees in regard to Medicare several times. It is good to see someo...

See here for a interesting review of aspects of the history of health care insurance in the U.S. from Peter Zavislak at the blog Medical Pa...

An analysis published in Fortune ( see here ) makes a strong case for many employers to do just that."If you like your health care pl...

Yes, the tittle is sarcastic. Go here to read a clear explanation of how exactly the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) will limit...

Earlier I had cited the first in a series of posts by DrRich of the Covert Rationing Blog concerning the issue of of the future of the righ...

Patients enrolled in the Medicare Advantage ( MA) program will loose under PPACA . The Chief actuary of CMS in his Jan 10, 2010 letter (...

See here for comments from Dr. Wes regarding the events as they unfold in the preview to PPACA that health care in Massachusetts is turni...

I should have noticed Dr. Doug Perednia's blog, Road to Hellth, sooner. See here . I was aware of the "competition "between ...

Richard S. Foster, chief actuary for Medicare, issued a report that says in part that PPACA will result in : Cuts to hospitals that will je...

Two years ago, I published a blog commentary about what I now call the"social justice revolution" in medicine. I wrote about about...

Remember, we were told that we must pass health care reform or America will" go bankrupt" and the bill will bend the health care ...

I wonder if the leadership of the AMA and the ACP have thought much past stage one in the recently passed health care bill. Stage one is ...

Environmentalists can breath more easily with the CFC inhalers banished while some asthmatic and patients with COPD may have trouble adjust...

Section 10320 of the PPACA deals with the control of private health care costs and tasks some federal structure ( probably the Secretary ...