Containing Costs Shouldn’t Be This Hard!
By Rebecca Thorsness When I was in elementary school I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. All things considered, the late 1990s were a...
20 February, 2017
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My Most Costly Order as a Primary Care Physician
By Sumit Agarwal, MD My patient – call her Mrs. Abigail – arrived in clinic on a blustery autumn morning, concerned about swelling in...
06 February, 2017
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Patients and Clinicians Across the United States Share the Challenges They Face with Healthcare Costs
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS FEBRUARY 01, 2017 On the heels of a tumultuous election season that promised the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, many Americans...
01 February, 2017
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How Mary Taught Me The True Cost of Living With HIV
By Vaidehi Mujumdar I walked into the ICU room to find Mary* lying in the bed curled up, a small spot in a pool...
23 January, 2017
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Strep and a Mother’s Intuition
By Sean Card As we headed off to the doctor one Saturday in February my Mom thought my brother might have strep throat because...
07 November, 2016
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Unleashing Powerful Stories: The Titans of Industry Want to Hear From You
By Neel Shah, MD MPP During the home stretch of this year’s presidential election cycle, Bill Clinton peppered a stump speech with a reflection...
24 October, 2016
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Tired of getting stuck with needles? Ask your doctor to just say ‘once.’
By Chris Moriates, MD and Victoria Valencia MPH There are few worse ways to awake a person than with a needle stick in the arm...
10 October, 2016
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Strep and a Mother’s Intuition
By Sean Card As we headed off to the doctor one Saturday in February my Mom thought my brother might have strep throat because...
12 September, 2016
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Outside the Box
By Jim Sepeda A family member of mine had recently been stricken with Diverticulitis. The treatment included an antibiotic that is infamous for creating...
29 August, 2016
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