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Jan 10, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Susan Lee |Donna Grande |George Mathew |Steven Siegel
I have been a primary care physician since 1994 and have been reflecting on the tragic murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. The crime stands as a stark reflection of the profound frustrations many Americans feel toward the current health care system, which have been escalating for as long as I can remember. While the act itself is abhorrent and indefensible, its occurrence sheds light on deep systemic issues that have festered for decades.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Richard A. Lawhern |Audrey Shafer |Donna Grande |Jay Wong
At age 80, I’m an “old guy.” I’ve been an avid reader and writer on multiple subjects all of my life. Though I write primarily about U.S. health care, I maintain a lively interest in politics generally. Since election day, I’ve been hearing stories that express a profound sense of trauma in millions of us. Many feel themselves to be in mourning for their beloved country. Others feel vindicated and not at all hesitant to say so.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Gjanje L. Smith |Wanneh A. Dixon |Maria Phillips |Donna Grande
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Join us for an insightful conversation with nephrologist and physician executive, David W. Moskowitz, as he shares his transformative views on the U.S. health care system.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Donna Grande |Rob Palmer |Isaac Freedman |Josh Hyman
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Join us as we explore the critical issue of carceral censorship and its impact on incarcerated individuals’ access to health information. Our guest is Brian Tuohy, an assistant professor of bioethics, who shares his perspectives on the challenges and ethical considerations surrounding this issue.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Deepak Gupta |Donna Grande |Advait Suvarnakar |Aashka Suvarnakar
Just like distracted driving, there can be a term called distracted detecting; however, when one delves further, one realizes that distracted driving itself is one form of distracted detecting. Distracted detecting can be understood through the prey-predator analogy within the animal kingdom, with particular relevance during vulnerable adolescence.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Joseph Lanctot |Donna Grande |Rob Palmer |Isaac Freedman
Recent regulatory changes create a national staffing level for nursing facilities. Despite the much-needed rule change and the well-known stench of understaffed nursing homes that many Americans dread going to, most of the news cycle has portrayed this as a negative development. This is but one example where our patients are being manipulated into beliefs and actions that are contrary to their best health care interests. Recently, the same lies were told about the No Surprises Act.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Jack S. Resneck |Donna Grande |Rob Palmer |Isaac Freedman
Measles is on the rise in more than a dozen states, an alarming surge for a vaccine-preventable disease eliminated in the United States nearly 25 years ago. Meanwhile, young women exposed to relentless unscientific deception by social media algorithms are abandoning hormonal contraception in favor of significantly less effective methods that result in more unwanted pregnancies.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Donna Grande |Leslie Gregory |Mark Pappadakis |Nina Cloven
A new health crisis is looming on the horizon in the United States, and it will affect the most vulnerable people. I am not talking about another pandemic, the downstream impact of delayed preventive screenings, or even the ongoing substance use crisis. I am talking about the endangerment of America’s health care safety net, including the providers that serve marginalized communities.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Donna Grande |Rob Palmer |Isaac Freedman
Following a Congressional hearing into antisemitic harassment on the campuses of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania, there were several changes in leadership at Penn. Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, was named interim dean at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, replacing J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, who became interim university president.
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Dec 23, 2023 | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Donna Grande |Rob Palmer |Isaac Freedman
Since the December 5, 2023, Congressional hearing into antisemitic harassment at Penn, Harvard, and MIT, I was shocked to learn how universities, large and small, public and private, have been hijacked by extreme right-wing leaders connected directly or indirectly to the GOP. Examples include:Youngstown State University bypassed the normal search process to select its new president, Republican U.S. Representative Bill Johnson.
