Oh, Danny Boy
For the next two weeks, maybe all non-Olympic related news should be on hiatus.  After what has already been a summer saturated with a contentious election season of which healt…
A Different Kind of Mandate
About 3 weeks ago, by a margin of 2-1, the Eleventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals in Atlanta struck down the constitutionality of a key provision of the Patient Protection and Aff…
View From the Green Mountain
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) was not satisfied with the authoritative opinions of his time about vision. The prevalent view in 1011 A.D. was that “rays of light” were emitted…
Clinical Decisions by Doctors, not Insurance or Government
The dreaded “R” word - rationing - has appeared again, in “The Real Meaning of Rationing,” by Meltzer and Detsky in JAMA. They correctly note the …
Seizing the Moment: Vermont, Single Payer, and the Next Step in Reform
This month brought heartening news for everyone that was disappointed that no public option appeared in the final version of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Vermont is poised to…
