September 20, 2010

The Death of Medical Privacy

As I have read through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA, aka ObamaCare), I have been repeatedly struck by the disregard the law has for patient privacy. Time and time again, the PPACA authorizes the federal government to ...

June 6, 2010

A Dying Profession

As a physician from a family of physicians, I frequently find myself being asked if I would recommend my profession to a young person. With the looming shortage of doctors faced by this country, I believe this is indeed a critical question. In the fi...

April 8, 2010

H1N1 and Health Care Reform

The government that mismanaged the H1N1 vaccine is stepping up to do an even worse job on ObamaCare. As a general pediatrician and medical practice owner, I have been surprised at our inability as a society to apply the lessons of the recent past to ...