Given the concern over the unsustainable growth of health care costs in the U.S., Michael Chernew and colleagues ask an interesting question: Would having more primary care doctors cut health spending growth?
Dr. Erika Schwartz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
Do not allow America to continue being manipulated by special interest groups and help the people of America understand that they must control their own fate.
Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
Suppose, instead of our being primarily concerned with paying for our overpriced, under-performing health care system, we focus on why our system is the way it is.
Dr. John Neustadt | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living
Training doctors to uncover and treat the underlying causes of disease could eliminate much of the unnecessary reliance on pharmaceuticals and reduce their devastating, and sometimes deadly, side effects.
Clayola Brown | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
Providing health care for all must recognize and address health disparities that exist among minority populations.
Dr. John Neustadt | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living
I believe that in order to fully fix our healthcare system, we must focus on reforming primary care medicine in this country.
Washington Post | Ashley Halsey III | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics
As the debate on overhauling the nation's health-care system exploded into partisan squabbling this week, virtually everyone still agreed on one point...
Maggie Mahar | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
Too many proposals for healthcare reform focus solely on universal access and run the risk of sending good money after bad. The question we need to ask is: "Access to what"?
RJ Eskow | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
Seven current healthcare trends include doctors leaving the public system, a shortfall in primary care, underutilization of medical treatment, "superbugs," virtual health care, climate change, and radical self-redesign and enhancement.
D. Brad Wright | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics