Self-fulfilling Media Narratives: How One Man Wound Up Deciding the Fate of Healthcare Reform
Personally, I am delighted that Justice Roberts voted to uphold the Affordable Care Act
But I am troubled that the fate of U.S. healthcare turned on one man’s opinion. This is not how things are supposed to work in a democracy.
Healthcare represents 16 percent of our economy. It touches all of our lives. If we don’t like the laws our elected representatives pass, we can vote them out of office. The Supreme Court, on the other hand, doesn’t have to worry whether its decisions reflect the will of the people. The Justices are appointed for life. This is why they are not charged with setting public policy.
How then, did ...
Source: Health Beat - April 16, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
NIHCM Health Care Digital Media Award: the Finalists.
Thanks to NIHCM for including “Obamacare’s Victims” parts 1 and 2 on the list (see below for a brief description of this two-part post) , and congratulations to all of the finalists.
The award recognizes excellence in digital media that improves understanding of health care topics.A $10,000 prize will be presented to the winner at a dinner in Washington, DC on June 1, 2015.
I urge everyone to read the nominated posts. If you are interested in healthcare and healthcare reform, this is a good short list of “must-read’s.” You may not agree with all of them, but they provide valuable information, and ...
Source: Health Beat - April 5, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: Finalists NIHCM Media Awards Obamacare's victims policies cancelled Source Type: blogs
NIHCM Health Care Digital Media Award: the Finalists
Thanks to NIHCM for including “Obamacare’s Victims” parts 1 and 2 on the list (see below for a brief description of this two-part post) , and congratulations to all of the finalists.
The award recognizes excellence in digital media that improves understanding of health care topics.A $10,000 prize will be presented to the winner at a dinner in Washington, DC on June 1, 2015.
I urge everyone to read the nominated posts. If you are interested in healthcare and healthcare reform, this is a good short list of “must-read’s.” You may not agree with all of them, but they provide valuable information, and high...
Source: Health Beat - April 5, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: Finalists NIHCM Media Awards Obamacare's victims policies cancelled Source Type: blogs
“ Clinical Man ” – by Clifton Meador (Why Do So Many Of Us Need Medical Tests to Tell Us That We Are Well?)
Editor’s Note–
Below, a post by Dr. Clifton Meador, author of more than a dozen insightful, often witty books including Sketches of a Small Town, Circa 1940 and True Medical Detective Stories. (When reviewing Sketches on Amazon, I compared Meador to Mark Twain.)
In the post below, Meador refers to one of his best-known stories, a tale set in the not too distant future titled “The Last Well Person.” The fiction, which was published as an “Occasional Note” in NEJM in 1994, uses satire to comment on the folly of our obsessive drive to test and screen every well person in America–u...
Source: Health Beat - March 21, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: worried well Clifton Meador medical tests overtreatment Uncategorized The Last Well Person medical testing Nortin Hadler Source Type: blogs
“ Clinical Man ” – by Clifton Meador (Why Do So Many Of Us Need Medical Tests to Tell Us That We Are Well?)
Editor’s Note–
Below, a post by Dr. Clifton Meador, author of more than a dozen insightful, often witty books including Sketches of a Small Town, Circa 1940 and True Medical Detective Stories. (When reviewing Sketches on Amazon, I compared Meador to Mark Twain.)
In the post below, Meador refers to one of his best-known stories, a tale set in the not too distant future titled “The Last Well Person.” The fiction, which was published as an “Occasional Note” in NEJM in 1994, uses satire to comment on the folly of our obsessive drive to test and screen every well person in America–u...
Source: Health Beat - March 21, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: worried well Clifton Meador medical tests overtreatment Uncategorized The Last Well Person medical testing Nortin Hadler Source Type: blogs
“Clinical Man”–by Clifton Meador (Why Do So Many Of Us Need Medical Tests to Tell Us That We Are Well?)
Editor’s Note–
Below, a post by Dr. Clifton Meador, author of more than a dozen insightful, often witty books including Sketches of a Small Town, Circa 1940 and True Medical Detective Stories. (When reviewing Sketches on Amazon, I compared Meador to Mark Twain.)
In the post below, Meador refers to one of his best-known stories, a tale set in the not too distant future titled “The Last Well Person.” The fiction, which was published as an “Occasional Note” in NEJM in 1994, uses satire to comment on the folly of our obsessive drive to test and screen every well person in America–u...
Source: Health Beat - March 21, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: worried well Clifton Meador medical tests overtreatment Uncategorized The Last Well Person medical testing Nortin Hadler Source Type: blogs
Will the Supreme Court Scuttle Obamacare Subsidies? (No. What Can ’t Happen, Won’t. )
Not long ago, I ran across a photo of the Supreme Court captioned: “Maybe this will turn out to be . . . Obamacare’s death panel?”
The caption refers to the widespread belief that when the Supreme Court rules on the latest challenge to Obamacare (“King vs. Burwell”), it will strike down most of the government subsidies that have made insurance affordable for so many middle-income and low-income families. (This lawsuit has been financed by the “Competitive Enterprise Institute,” a libertarian group with long ties to tobacco disinformation campaigns, and more recently, climate change denial. The Koch ...
Source: Health Beat - March 3, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: death spiral done deal exchanges established by the states what can't happen won't 2012 challenge to Obamacare King vs. Burwell subsidies Supreme Court Uncategorized Competitive Enterprise Institute enrolled in Obamacare fall-out H Source Type: blogs
Will the Supreme Court Scuttle Obamacare Subsidies? (No. What Can ’t Happen, Won’t. )
Not long ago, I ran across a photo of the Supreme Court captioned: “Maybe this will turn out to be . . . Obamacare’s death panel?”
The caption refers to the widespread belief that when the Supreme Court rules on the latest challenge to Obamacare (“King vs. Burwell”), it will strike down most of the government subsidies that have made insurance affordable for so many middle-income and low-income families. (This lawsuit has been financed by the “Competitive Enterprise Institute,” a libertarian group with long ties to tobacco disinformation campaigns, and more recently, climate change denial. The Koch ...
Source: Health Beat - March 3, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: death spiral done deal exchanges established by the states what can't happen won't 2012 challenge to Obamacare King vs. Burwell subsidies Supreme Court Uncategorized Competitive Enterprise Institute enrolled in Obamacare fall-out H Source Type: blogs
Will the Supreme Court Scuttle Obamacare Subsidies? (No. What Can’t Happen, Won’t. )
Not long ago, I ran across a photo of the Supreme Court captioned: “Maybe this will turn out to be . . . Obamacare’s death panel?”
The caption refers to the widespread belief that when the Supreme Court rules on the latest challenge to Obamacare (“King vs. Burwell”), it will strike down most of the government subsidies that have made insurance affordable for so many middle-income and low-income families. (This lawsuit has been financed by the “Competitive Enterprise Institute,” a libertarian group with long ties to tobacco disinformation campaigns, and more recently, climate change denial. The Koch ...
Source: Health Beat - March 3, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: death spiral done deal exchanges established by the states what can't happen won't 2012 challenge to Obamacare King vs. Burwell subsidies Supreme Court Uncategorized Competitive Enterprise Institute enrolled in Obamacare fall-out H Source Type: blogs
Look Into This Surgeon ’ s Face . . .
Below, a photo from:
Faith in Humanity @TheWorldStories · Feb 16
A Heart surgeon resting after a 23-hour long (successful) heart transplant. His assistant is sleeping in the corner
Clearly, he has given his all.
Imagine what he would look like if the surgery had failed. This is an unbelievably difficult job.
(Source: Health Beat)
Source: Health Beat - February 23, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: heart transplant photo surgeon Source Type: blogs
Look Into This Surgeon’s Face . . .
Below, a photo from:
Faith in Humanity @TheWorldStories · Feb 16
A Heart surgeon resting after a 23-hour long (successful) heart transplant. His assistant is sleeping in the corner
Clearly, he has given his all.
Imagine what he would look like if the surgery had failed. This is an unbelievably difficult job.
(Source: Health Beat)
Source: Health Beat - February 23, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: heart transplant photo surgeon Source Type: blogs
What Doctors Should – and Should Not – Say to Obese Patients
Below a remarkably candid and compelling essay by Emma Lewis titled “Why there’s no point in telling me to lose weight. ” It originally appeared in the January 2015 issue of BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal). Hat-tip to Helen Haskell, president and founder of Mothers Against Medical Error, who sent me Lewis’ piece.
In her editorial (cross-posted below), Lewis explains why she has “opted out” of the “weight-loss game.” She confides that she has been “fat” since she was a child. She still remembers the humiliations, which continue to this day– especially when she visits a primary care d...
Source: Health Beat - February 22, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: Blaming Dieting counterproductive Doctors exercise Lecturing obesity Obesity and causes Obseity Shaming Uncategorized BMJ Emma Lewis Why There Is No Point to Telling Me to Lose Weight Source Type: blogs
What Doctors Should– and Should Not– Say to Obese Patients
Below a remarkably candid and compelling essay by Emma Lewis titled “Why there’s no point in telling me to lose weight. ” It originally appeared in the January 2015 issue of BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal). Hat-tip to Helen Haskell, president and founder of Mothers Against Medical Error, who sent me Lewis’ piece.
In her editorial (cross-posted below), Lewis explains why she has “opted out” of the “weight-loss game.” She confides that she has been “fat” since she was a child. She still remembers the humiliations, which continue to this day– especially when she visits a primary care d...
Source: Health Beat - February 22, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Maggie Mahar Tags: Blaming Dieting counterproductive Doctors exercise Lecturing obesity Obesity and causes Obseity Shaming Uncategorized BMJ Emma Lewis Why There Is No Point to Telling Me to Lose Weight Source Type: blogs
