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2 months ago | 
kevinmd.com | Tomi Mitchell |Sara Pastoor |Christopher Habig |Sylvie Stacy
It was a crisp winter day where the sun shines so brightly it tricks you into thinking it’s warm until you step outside and instantly regret not grabbing your scarf—that I heard about the latest musings from our southern neighbors. The commander-in-chief (yes, President Trump, I’m looking at you) had hinted, joked, or perhaps accidentally tweeted (it’s hard to tell these days) that Canada could become the 51st state.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Tomi Mitchell |Advait Suvarnakar |Aashka Suvarnakar |Michele Luckenbaugh
Yes, I said it. Health care is a dumpster fire—a meme-worthy catastrophe of epic proportions. It’s the chaos that future comedians and historians will roast with gusto, leaving us shaking our heads in embarrassed agreement. My somewhat cynical sense of humor is helping me mentally process the dumpster fire that is the current U.S. health care system. But as bleak as it feels, there’s a glimmer of hope.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Tomi Mitchell |Eric Beam |Helen Kim |Megan McLaughlin
This wasn’t the article I had initially planned to publish. I had intended to discuss the health care system, calling it a “proverbial dumpster fire.” But in a year marked by relentless challenges, the metaphor feels too raw, too real, so I will save that for a later date. Parts of the country are literally on fire, with Los Angeles and nearby areas battling raging infernos that have torn families apart.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Tomi Mitchell
As a physician, I’ve spent years working to provide care that’s compassionate and focused on the patient. But everything changed when I found myself on the other side of the system—as a patient. Suddenly, I saw health care through a new lens, one that revealed cracks I hadn’t fully understood before. What I went through opened my eyes to the real risks patients face, especially those from marginalized communities.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Tomi Mitchell
Before children (B.C.), life was completely different. I had the kind of freedom I didn’t even realize I had. I could decide, on a whim, to go out for dinner, catch a late movie, or simply lie in bed doing absolutely nothing (well, that part rarely happened as I was too busy either in school or thinking about work). I could stay up late, not because I had to, but because I wanted to—reading, watching TV, or just enjoying an empty house’s beautiful, glorious silence.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
businessandamerica.com | Tomi Mitchell
The sudden death of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson has pulled back the curtain on something we’ve all known deep down: America’s health care system is failing. Every day, we hear heartbreaking stories of people denied life-saving treatments like cancer care, not because those treatments don’t exist, but because someone decided they weren’t “cost-effective.” This isn’t just a health care problem—it’s a crisis of humanity.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Tomi Mitchell |George Mathew |Steven Siegel |Ronald A. Paulus
The sudden death of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson has pulled back the curtain on something we’ve all known deep down: America’s health care system is failing. Every day, we hear heartbreaking stories of people denied life-saving treatments like cancer care, not because those treatments don’t exist, but because someone decided they weren’t “cost-effective.” This isn’t just a health care problem—it’s a crisis of humanity.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Tomi Mitchell |Christine Tran-Boynes |Nathaniel Arana |Sheila Nazarian
After more than a decade in private practice, taking care of tens of thousands of patients—everything from preconception to hospice care—I’ve learned how important it is to set and protect your boundaries. I’ve worked in various environments throughout my career, from running my own multidisciplinary medical center to being part of other practices. If I had to choose, I would prefer to be part of an established practice.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Tomi Mitchell |Michael McGuire |Advait Suvarnakar |Aashka Suvarnakar
As physicians, we are often collectively gaslit—made to believe that somehow, we are responsible for system failures. Many physicians are brainwashed to “drink the Kool-Aid” and accept phrases like, “This is the way things have always been done.” We are made to feel inhuman when we advocate for ourselves as if we are somehow to blame.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Jen Baker-Porazinski |Sara Pastoor |Tomi Mitchell |Christopher Habig
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!We sit down with Phindile Chowa, an emergency medicine physician, to discuss her personal and professional journey through postpartum care. Phindile shares her harrowing experience of childbirth and postpartum depression, shedding light on the gaps in the health care system that leave many new mothers without adequate support.
