The Real Loser in the Midterms: Individuality
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD After the election, sappy statements on social media exhort us to bow down in praise that the first minority this or the first woman that was elected and how […]
Healthcare is this Year’s Political Football
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD Healthcare is the political football of the midterm elections. But unlike the game of football, there are no rules. And the goal is to win – not for the […]
Do Not Be Deceived! Medicare For All Will Crash the System
By Kristin S. Held, M.D. Deceptively, pollsters report that “Medicare For All” is popular with Americans, as the media proclaims healthcare a top concern on voters’ minds a mere two weeks before the midterm election. […]
What to Do about a Caravan of Rag-tag Migrants
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. The narrative appears to be that thousands of oppressed peoples spontaneously decided, all at once, to flee a murderous, corrupt government in Central America, and walk to the U.S., in […]
Will Mob Rule Fix—or Wreck—Healthcare?
Jane M. Orient, M.D. The Washington Post of October 18 says that the biggest issues in the midterm elections are the threat that Republicans will slash Medicare and Social Security, and maybe get around to […]
What the Election Means to Your Medical Care
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. People are marching with “Health Care Voter” signs, and this is generally believed to be one of the most important issues in the 2018 midterm elections. Republicans who got elected […]
Judge Kavanaugh’s Character Assassins Could Be Controlling Your Medical Care
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD Our legislators have been at their worst over the Supreme Court confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. What a shameful display: condescending, arrogant show-boating senators questioning him in a manner […]
The De-sciencing of American Medicine and What It Means to You
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. With all the talk about “evidence-based medicine,” you might think that doctors were becoming much more focused on rigorous science. But like the names attached to bills in Congress—such as […]
Expanded and Improved Medicare for All: Beware of Greeks Bearing Broccoli
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD During the Supreme Court oral arguments in the challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s mandate to purchase health insurance, people laughed when the late Justice Scalia asked whether the […]
Socialism, Corporatism, and Destruction of Patient-Centered Medical Care
By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. “Medicare-for-all” medicine is the ultimate goal of progressives or “liberals,” fully embraced by Democrat candidates in the midterms. Candidates claim “single-payer” government-run medicine will “solve” all the problems of Obamacare […]
