Yesterday I decided to see what all the fuss was about, so I went to the “town hall” my Congressman, Jim Moran, held in his district. The district is pretty solidly Democratic, and our Congressman is definitely pro-reform. He even invited Howard Dean to speak at the town hall. Unfortunately, the event was clear on [...]
Wed, August 26 2009 » Uncategorized » 3 Comments
Dr. Wes waxes optimistic on the state of American politics: With the deeply personal debate on health care and its associated reform costs, our need for honesty and successful policy to save our country is suddenly more important to us than the comfort of bedtime stories. This is political maturity. [...] We are now (as [...]
Wed, August 26 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Patients for a Moment is up at Emergiblog. Thanks to Kim for an excellent edition. As always, past editions and information about submitting are available at the PFAM archive and calendar.
Wed, August 26 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Is Jon Stewart the best journalist in America? He seems to be the only one willing to attack head-on the monolith of bs that is Betsy McCaughey. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Exclusive – Betsy McCaughey Extended Interview Pt. 1 www.thedailyshow.com This says it’s “part 1″, but there [...]
Fri, August 21 2009 » Uncategorized » 3 Comments
Last week’s installment of LoM is pretty gross, but totally realistic. I hate to admit this, but several times in my life I have pooped my pants. A few of my “greatest hits”: ~2002: A friend of mine invited me to hang out with her in her hometown, a city about an hour away from [...]
Thu, August 20 2009 » Uncategorized » 5 Comments
The next edition of Patients for a Moment will be hosted by Kim at Emergiblog. Go to her website and click “Contact Me” in the menu bar to submit your post. The deadline is the 23rd – Sunday – at midnight. For more information about submissions and previous editions, see the PFAM calendar and archive.
Wed, August 19 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I realized after I wrote the title for this post that I can’t explain the joke without ruining the ending of the movie Serenity. So if it doesn’t make sense, don’t worry about it. Where was I? Right: I went to my primary care physician last week, and we talked about a few things that [...]
Wed, August 19 2009 » Uncategorized » 2 Comments
You know who I don’t envy right now? Billy Tauzin: soulless, helpless, heartless, and now – apparently – friendless. His former Congressonal colleague, John Boehner, wrote Tauzin an angry letter criticizing his compromises (.pdf) on health care reform on behalf of PhRMA: When a bully asks for your lunch money, you may have no choice [...]
Tue, August 18 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Grands Rounds is up at Invisible Awareness Week. Thanks to Lisa for including my post.
Tue, August 18 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
You should know by now that the health care bill under consideration in the House will not established “socialized” medicine in this country. There is no single-payer element (a la Canada), nor anything that would force doctors to become employees of the governmen (as in Britain). These ideas are simply not being discussed. Now I [...]
Thu, August 13 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
A novel crime against decency by Duncan Cross
