Forbes: Single Payer Is Good for Business

You know something is up when a national business publication allows the words “single payer” and “socialism” to grace its pages – and in a good way. In his column for Forbes, “A Dose of Socialism Could Save Our States – State...

Doctors should share in the sacrifice

by brooklynbadboy Whenever there is a debate about making cuts to education, both parties zero right in on teachers. But when the debate is about making cuts to health care, nobody zeroes in on doctors. A curious thing, wouldn’t you say? In both professions, the...

My Healthcare Story – Ari Everford

I’ve lived in California for most of my life. The only time I had consistent health insurance coverage was as a child growing up. Once out on my own after college, I have lived for 27 of the last 33 years without health insurance because I own my own business...

A Consumer By Any Other Name….

by Pippa Abston MD, PhD, FAAP Recently, Paul Krugman took on the use of the word “consumer” as applied to patients, in his blog post “Patients are not consumers” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1.  You should read it, and then come back...