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Linda Halderman, MD
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September 17, 2011
Don't Bet on GreenNo legislator would seriously suggest that a roulette wheel be employed to dig California out of its financial mess. Yet elected officials routinely gamble with taxpayer money.
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October 31, 2010
From Surgery to SacramentoSeven years ago, if anyone suggested I would be spending much of 2010 running for elected office, I probably would have responded, "What's the punchline?"
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January 21, 2010
Haiti and the U.S. Coast Guard: A Sailor's View from Ground ZeroAn e-mail sent from one of the officers aboard a USCG Cutter on scene the day of the massive earthquake.
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January 13, 2010
An Expatriate's Last Day in American SamoaAmerican Samoa is a hybrid nation. It flies the U.S. flag. It has given a higher percentage per capita of its sons and daughters in service to our nation's freedom than any state in the union.
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December 22, 2009
A Christmas Message for American SamoaThe season of giving in a remote part of America.
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December 16, 2009
Senate's Solution: Consumer Choice Is Dead on ArrivalBecause they know better than you.
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December 3, 2009
Public Option: Great Britain's Warning to AmericaWhen government runs health care it isn't pretty.
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November 21, 2009
Lights and Miracles on American SamoaLife. loss, and remembrance in American Samoa.
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November 9, 2009
American Medicine Through the Looking GlassWhat Alice would see on American Samoa.
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November 4, 2009
American Doc in American Samoa: UpdateThe island remains beautiful as we enter hurricane season.
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October 25, 2009
Overcoming the oddsA child's life hangs in the balance in the remotest part of America. How volunteers, medics, and the United States Military sprang into action.
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October 15, 2009
A Perfect Tsunami: U.S. Health care reform and a conservative doc in American SamoaI came to American Samoa last week in response to FEMA's call and the LBJ hospital CEO's request. As a general and trauma surgeon, I believed I could serve the population during a difficult time.
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October 1, 2009
Subsidized Health Care: a view from the exam roomI learned a lot about the cost of health care when I had a hybrid general surgery practice in California 's rural San Joaquin Valley.
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September 23, 2009
Medicaid Expansion: Budget-Busting ReformCalifornia has chosen to indulge its poor with what President Obama might call the "Cadillac version" of Medicaid, with all the optional equipment, and no pesky documentation requirements. As a result, financial chaos looms.
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September 17, 2009
Senator Baucus: what $856 billion buys youA new set of government-enforced obligations for American citizens of every age, health and employment status.
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August 6, 2009
ObamaCare's Poison PillThree House committees just choked down the bitter pill of a compromise version of a healthcare reform bill, HR 3200. But for vulnerable patients -- and taxpayers -- the cure may be worse than the disease.
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October 12, 2007
California Healthcare Reform: the Governor's new planOne twelfth of the United States is poised to adopt a sweeping healthcare reform program, making some dubious assumptions about funding along the way.
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September 20, 2007
Patients without Doctors: The Flawed Plan of Governor SchwarzeneggerArnold Schwarzenegger wants to terminate the problem of uninsured Californians needing better health care. There is one problem his proposal fails to address, however:
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January 27, 2007
First Do No Harm. Then Do Something."First, do no harm" is the foundation of modern medicine. Governor Schwarzenegger's healthcare proposal is an easy target for critics. But criticism alone is not adequate.
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January 25, 2007
What's Your Doctor Worth?How much money does your doctor earn? If your doctor is a Surgeon practicing in rural central California, you're about to find out.
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January 17, 2007
Governor Schwarzenegger's Flawed Health Care PlanPaved with good intentions, California's proposed road to Universal Health Coverage will lead straight to chaos.