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'I Like My Skin Thin, Thank You'

Lisa Guest | Posted 07.25.2012 | Women
Read More: Research, Medical Centers, Oncology, Waiting Rooms, Choice, Stress, Emotional Processing, Emotions, Self Esteem, Traditions, Urgent Care, Chemotherapy, Disease, Blood Tests, Analysis, Health Insurance, Red Tape, Doctors, Cancer, Second Opinions, Anxiety, Pixar, Power Port Flushes, Women News
Lisa Guest

I've been told I over-analyze things too much. I've been told I'm too sensitive about little things. I've been told I should grow a thicker skin. I like my skin thin.

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Why Medicaid Cuts Harm Us All

Maggie Kozel, M.D. | Posted 09.04.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicaid Cuts, Doctors, Healthy Living Body, Urgent Care, Health Care, Health Care Taxpayer Money, Medicaid, Primary Care Physicians, Healthy Living News
Maggie Kozel, M.D.

But it is also a terrible deal for taxpayers. The American taxpayer needs to understand how this Medicaid patient ended up in Randy's office.

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ER Crisis: Think, Plan, Act to Get Best Emergency Care in Urgent Situations

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 08.27.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Medical Care, Er, Emergency Room, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Emergency Room Care, Cedars Sinai, Health Care, Health, Urgent Care, Emergency Room Wait, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

What's ailing our ERs? Simply put, they wrongly have become the venue of last resort for too many people for medical treatment. For many of us, there are better options, including urgent care or even retail clinics.

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Health Care Reform: Myths and Misunderstandings

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Urgent-Care, Marcia Angell, Michelle Obama, Norman Goldman, Dennis Kucinich, Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Life Expectancy, Emergency Medicine, Politics News
Philip Lee Miller

We are all too aware of the right wing echo chamber. A well orchestrated score promoting stereotyped rat a tat answers. How do they do this? The same may be true in on the left as well.

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Doctor Offers His Own Health Care For $49 A Month, $5 A Visit

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: McHenry County Housing Authority, Lauren Willis, Urgent Care, Bearing Witness, Miguel Corrales, Layoffs, After Hours Care, Cesar Hernandez, Burial Plot Sale, Health Care Reform, Rosa Garcia, Bearing Witness 2.0, Foreclosure, Bryon Carlson, Rachot Vacharothone, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. In Utah, Dr. Rachot Vacha...

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