Category: Health Care and Medicine
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Even with Recent Improvements, Obamacare’s Exchanges Don’t Cut It
The ACA’s exchanges still make insurance executives rich while doing little to expand access to care.
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Resident Perspective: Volunteering at a Testing Site
This is the continuation of a series of journal entries depicting what it’s like to be a part of the COVID pandemic from the medicine resident perspective. With my office hours consolidated and no longer attending morning and noon teaching conferences, I find myself wanting to get back in…
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Resident Perspective: Ready or not, time for telehealth
This is the continuation of a series of journal entries depicting what it’s like to be a part of the COVID pandemic from the medicine resident perspective. Wednesday, April 1st Medicine residents work in the hospital as well as the outpatient office. Cleared to go back to work, I’m scheduled…
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Resident Perspective: waiting for test results
This is the continuation of a series of journal entries depicting what it’s like to be a part of the COVID pandemic from the medicine resident perspective. Sunday, March 29th Although I’m a resident and I’m able to access my own medical chart through the electronic medical record, I’m not…
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Resident Perspective: Who is “Essential”?
This is the continuation of a series of journal entries depicting what it’s like to be a part of the COVID pandemic from the medicine resident perspective. Friday, March 27th I’m not having any symptoms at all at this point, really itching to get back to work. All residents have…
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Resident Perspective: It Begins
This is the continuation of a series of journal entries depicting what it’s like to be a part of the COVID pandemic from the medicine resident perspective. Wednesday, March 25th Today was my first day of quarantine and now I feel like I’m a part of society. In the prior…
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Resident Perspective
I was encouraged by my wife to keep a journal for thoughts and feelings surrounding the developing coronavirus pandemic because I may be able to offer a unique perspective as a resident in medicine who is also a new parent and attempting to overcome fear of the unknown and what’s…
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Governor Wolf and the Courts Must Act Now to Mitigate Public Health Threat
Jails and prisons pose a greater public safety risk than any individual they cage, especially during a pandemic.
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Pro-Choice? Bernie Sanders is the Clear Choice.
Planned Parenthood says Bernie has been an “unwavering ally.” Joe Biden has been “one of the Democratic Party’s most conservative voices on abortion,” per Politico.
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On Both Politics and Policy, “For All” Beats “For Some”
We have the money to enact universal programs, which are more efficient and effective than their means-tested counterparts.
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