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slow down and do it right

May 18, 2009

Analysis of:Obama Calls for Urgency in Passing Healthcare Bill | online.wsj.com

1. Speed and change seem to be Obama's mantra in passing any bills.  2. Slow down and include physicians in the solutions,  not just those in favor of universal health care 3. Insurance providers must put all their cards on the table.4.  Thinking universal care will be cheaper. 

Care rationing under the guise of quality control

May 4, 2009

Analysis of:Medicare System Overhaul Proposed by Two Senators | www.nytimes.com

As a physician and as a person who is on Medicare the proposals by the Senators are scary.  Their solution seems to be steeped in increased  requirements for physicians with decreased payment.  Chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity outcomes can only be helped so much.  The patients that are noncompliant should pay the price, not the healthcare provider.  Are we now such a nanny state that patients must be counseled and coerced to do the right thing in their treatment?  If they are noncomplying they should pay a price, either monetarily or be referred to a government run clinic for noncomplying patients. Guidelines for care are not infallible.  They are just means for beancounters to reduce payments to so called outliers.  People that don't understand the practice of medicine like to lump all people with one disease together,  this is not practical.  When payments are lumped to hospitals you will run into creative accounting with much in fighting with nursing homes.

who's to blame?

July 31, 2008

Analysis of:As Doctors Cater to Looks, Skin Patients Wait | www.nytimes.com

As a solo dermatologist who has been in practice for 34 years, I think some dermatologist have been forced to consecrate  on cosmetic issues of patients due to the low reimbursements of insurance companies.  I chose a different path in 1985.  I opted not to participate in managed care plans, my office runs on the old fashion fee for service principals.  Patients know they will get the service they crave.      I also like cosmetic procedures. In the process of doing cosmetic work other health issues are usually discovered.  If you have a good relationship with your patient, you usually see the rest of their family for medical dermatological issues.  I think you can have a mixed medical/cosmetic practice.  Who better to do the cosmetic procedures than dermatologist.  It is better for the public to have the proper specialist to do their procedure.   

safety concern with chinese drugs

May 23, 2008

Analysis of:China Muscles In On The Generics Industry | www.pharmalot.com

How can safety be verified with the Chinese history of contaminants in the toy and food industries.  I certainly would not want to take Chinese drugs. lynn tucker

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