Down and Out in Beirut and Boston
I am wrapping up an elective rotation thousands of miles from my residency in Boston, in the far away land of Lebanon. An invited guest of the School of Medicine at Lebanese Am…
Who needs SCOTUS?
I stood at the steps of the Supreme Court on Monday, March 26th for the first day of oral arguments debating the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. It was wild…
Not sure about health reform yet? Volunteer in a free clinic!
I have been volunteering in free clinics in Virginia for the last 6 years. I worked in the Fredericksburg, VA free clinic last night, and realized that almost every patient I c…
Health Care As Seen Through Closed Eyes
I am in my first year as an attending primary care physician in the U.S. I have spent the last 9 years of my life learning how to practice medicine by training and working in m…
T.R. Reid’s “The Healing of America”
A few weeks ago, someone recommended TR Reid’s 2009 book “The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care”. I trusted the person,…
