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By Hal C. Scherz, MD Recently, I returned to Washington DC for the 11th time in two years, with a group of doctors from ...
Read More »Obamacare One Year Later: Happy Anniversary, Doctor
By Hal C. Scherz, MD Twelve months after the passage of one of the most controversial laws in American history, healthcare is still an unsettled ...
Read More »Doctors: Doing Nothing Is No Longer An Option
By Hal C. Scherz MD There is a truism that every physician needs to constantly remind themselves of; there is no healthcare without doctors. So ...
Read More »The HEALTH Act Brings Protection Back to Patients
By Congressman Phil Gingrey, M.D. (GA-11) It is estimated that one in every ten dollars spent within the health care system will be used on ...
Read More »Some Doctors Dispute Benefits Of Early Diagnosis
By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News In a new book, “Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health,” Dartmouth researchers and physicians H. Gilbert ...
Read More »The Healthcare Debate is Far From Over
By Hal C. Scherz MD Throughout 2009, America was lectured by President Obama that our healthcare system would bankrupt our country. He gave us 2 ...
Read More »Primary Care A Compelling Mission For Harvard Medical School Student
By Ishani Ganguli The clinic starts at 5 p.m. sharp with a team huddle in the conference room. A black plastic tray of stale bagel ...
Read More »Digital Devices Top Children's Wish Lists — But Will They Hurt Their Eyes? Tips to Avoid Digital Eye Strain
By Nathan Bonilla-Warford, VSP Provider Children are using computers and digital devices more than ever. A recent Nielsen study shows the iPad is the number ...
Read More »Dear Congress: Replace Broken Physician Payment System
By John D. Cacciamani, Jr., MD, MBA I am writing to ask that we take action now during Congress’s lame-duck session this November to once ...
Read More »Let’s Concentrate More on Medicine Than Politics
By Christopher M. Hughes, MD Implementing the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will be a monumental task and there are plenty of legitimate ...
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