Being Civil When Being Mortal Is Imminent
My review of Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is available in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical...
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About Pathophilia
Astronomical MS Drug Costs: Is Pharma Price Fixing to Blame?
The annual costs of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis (MS) have increased at ridiculous rates over the last 2 decades, according to a new study...
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NYT Tries to Fathom Stunning Hospital Fees
The New York Times, specifically Elizabeth Rosenthal, tries to get behind the outrageous and invariably murky costs of inpatient and ER care. Hospitals claim that...
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Healthcare.gov Up and Running–?
It’s slow, but healthcare.gov now appears to be operational. This morning, I was able to log in, enroll, and compare plans. Although YMMV, perhaps depending on...
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Explaining the Epic Fail of Healthcare.gov
Since October 1st, I’ve tried unsuccessfully—along with an unknown number of Americans—to log onto healthcare.gov, with the hope that I might be able to find...
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