When I was in medical school, my teachers started a lot of their stories with the same phrase:
“Back in my day, I still helped patients who couldn’t pay.”
“Back in my day, we didn’t have 100 checklists.”
“Back in my day,...
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Donald Trump slams Democrats’ health care proposal in USA Today op-ed
U.S. President Donald Trump is stepping up his attack on Democrats over a health care proposal called Medicare for All, claiming it "would end Medicare as we know it and take away benefits that seniors have paid for their entire lives."
America is running out of OB/GYNs
There aren’t enough Ob-GYNs in America, and soon there will be even fewer. Half the counties in the US don’t have any practicing OB-GYNs. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) puts the current shortage at 6,000 to 9,000 OB-GYNs countrywide, a numb...
Trump blames “global freeloading” for costly US drugs. That’s not the problem
Introducing his plan to reduce prescription drug prices in America today, Donald Trump said his government would focus on “tougher negotiation, more competition, and much lower prices.”
The president criticized drug makers and insurance companies for failing to put...
Donald Trump rolls back rules on birth control coverage for women
Under the Affordable Care Act, preventive services are supposed to be free of charge to employees and their dependents.
Republicans delay Trumpcare vote after John McCain has surgery
Mitch McConnell will delay consideration of health care legislation in the Senate, after John McCain's surgery left Republicans short of votes on their marquee legislation.
