Halloween’s Over: Take off the Masks
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD At a graduation of a family friend, out of the blue, one in our group began lamenting that progressives tended to live in cities. She proposed that progressives should […]
Medical Costs Transparency: As Clear as Peanut Butter
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD What if purchasing medical products and services were like buying peanut butter? Grocery stores have several brands and varieties: smooth, chunky, old-fashioned, natural, organic, no added sugar, reduced fat, […]
Fraud and Anonymity: The Perils of Medical Care Bureaucracy
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD The high cost of medical care is on the lips of every politician and draining the pocketbooks of most Americans. After creating the Medicare/Medicaid monster, the government’s expanded intervention […]
The Medical Care Wheel of Misfortune
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD You finally get your dream and are selected to be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. You get to see Pat Sajak and Vanna White! You win a vacation […]
Don’t Buy What They Are Selling
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD Buying and selling is in the news lately with President “at some point you’ve made enough money,” “climate change is urgent and growing” Obama’s well-publicized imminent purchase of a […]
Russia, Racists, and Ridiculousness
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD Now that the Russia collusion story has lost its glow, the left’s narrative du jour is that anyone expressing a contrary opinion is a racist. It is so exhausting! […]
Medicare for Bernie
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Bernie Sanders is strongly promoting “Medicare for All,” and claims to be its father (“I wrote the damn bill,” he proclaimed to the nation during the second round of Democratic […]
The Soylent Green New Deal is Three Years Away
By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. In an effort to cut carbon emissions from burials and cremations, the state of Washington, led by staunch environmentalist Governor Jay Inslee, became the first U.S. state to legalize […]
Propaganda, Pandering, and Politics
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD For the next one and a half years we will have to endure the hyperbole, apocalyptic predictions, fake outrage, half-truths, and frank lies of politicians. Some kind soul should […]
The Green New Deal: What It Means for Medicine
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. The truth has been acknowledged by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s own chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti: The Green New Deal is not primarily about greening the planet or controlling the climate. […]
