Medicine
This Thursday, October 10th, from 3-4 PM Eastern, I will be participating as an invited panelist in a Google Hangout sponsored by Voto Latino. Please join me and representatives from the National Hispanic Medical Association, National Council of La Raza, Young Invincibles, and Enroll America as we discuss the implications of the Affordable Care Act for the health and health care of Latino Americans.
- Latinos And Health Care In Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas, where I live, makes up the bulk of Wyandotte County. It is the poorest county in Kansas, with a large number of low-income residents of all ethnicities, and stands in many ways in stark contrast to Johnson County to its south, Kansas’...
- Health Disadvantages Of Americans Compared To Europeans
I have written often about the absurd non-system of health care and health insurance that exists in the United States, and unabashedly argued for (and, I hope, supported these arguments with data) a single-payer health system such as that that exists...
- The End Of The Line On Psa Screening
In the summer of 2007, then-U.S. Preventive Services Task Force member Russ Harris, MD, MPH approached me about taking on what he suggested would be a fairly quick and straightfoward project: summarizing the small amount of medical literature on...
- Primary Care Remains A Prominent Topic
Recently, several articles in high-profile medical journals have discussed the upcoming shortage of primary care physicians in the U.S.: 1) The New England Journal of Medicine published a thoughtful commentary by Representative (and psychiatrist) Jim...
- One Month Until The Fmec Northeast Region Meeting
For those of you who are family physicians or teach family physicians-in-training, I want to make sure you're aware of the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) and their upcoming Northeast Region meeting ("Family Medicine Innovations: Blueprints...
Medicine
Upcoming Event: Affordable Care Act 101
This Thursday, October 10th, from 3-4 PM Eastern, I will be participating as an invited panelist in a Google Hangout sponsored by Voto Latino. Please join me and representatives from the National Hispanic Medical Association, National Council of La Raza, Young Invincibles, and Enroll America as we discuss the implications of the Affordable Care Act for the health and health care of Latino Americans.
- Latinos And Health Care In Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas, where I live, makes up the bulk of Wyandotte County. It is the poorest county in Kansas, with a large number of low-income residents of all ethnicities, and stands in many ways in stark contrast to Johnson County to its south, Kansas’...
- Health Disadvantages Of Americans Compared To Europeans
I have written often about the absurd non-system of health care and health insurance that exists in the United States, and unabashedly argued for (and, I hope, supported these arguments with data) a single-payer health system such as that that exists...
- The End Of The Line On Psa Screening
In the summer of 2007, then-U.S. Preventive Services Task Force member Russ Harris, MD, MPH approached me about taking on what he suggested would be a fairly quick and straightfoward project: summarizing the small amount of medical literature on...
- Primary Care Remains A Prominent Topic
Recently, several articles in high-profile medical journals have discussed the upcoming shortage of primary care physicians in the U.S.: 1) The New England Journal of Medicine published a thoughtful commentary by Representative (and psychiatrist) Jim...
- One Month Until The Fmec Northeast Region Meeting
For those of you who are family physicians or teach family physicians-in-training, I want to make sure you're aware of the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) and their upcoming Northeast Region meeting ("Family Medicine Innovations: Blueprints...