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Byadmin2The US is rapidly becoming a high out-of-pocket healthcare system, often with disastrous results.
Coverage That Kills – Breast Cancer Care Is Undermined By High Deductible Health Plans
Byadmin2Here is an awful thing about high deductible health plans: They delay breast cancer diagnosis and get in the way of proper breast cancer care.
Hear My Discussion with Joe and Terry Graedon on People's Pharmacy
ByadminHere is a link to a podcast of my recent appearance on People’s Pharmacy, an NPR show that hopefully reaches you where you live. (If it doesn’t, you should ask your radio station to pick it up. It is a great show.) In this podcast, Joe and Terry lead me on a wide ranging conversation,…
Do You Want Your Doctor to Tell You When You’re Going to Die?
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Paul Kostick’s DNA was under attack and his fate was sealed. Forces beyond his control were hacking large pieces of genetic material off the ends of his chromosomes. Should his doctor tell him how long he has to live?
Deciding About Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
ByadminAs if being diagnosed with breast cancer wasn’t bad enough, many women with this diagnosis face complicated decisions about what kind of medicine or chemotherapy to take, if any, to reduce their chance of cancer recurrence. As I discussed in a recent post, the mathematics of such decisions can be hard to comprehend for many patients. …
