Medicine and Social Justice

My book, "Health, Medicine and Justice: Designing a fair and equitable healthcare system", is out and and widely available! Medicine and Social Justice will have periodic postings of my comments on issues related to, well, Medicine, and Social Justice, and Medicine and Social Justice. It will also look at Health, Workforce, health systems, and some national and global priorities

Friday, May 29, 2026

The EMR, and AI: Are they good? Pose risks? Both?

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When I worked with residents in the hospital, the electronic medical record, EMR, was relatively new. We were fortunate to work in a hospita...

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Vertical Integration saves money. And CVS and its competitors use that to line their pockets, not provide healthcare

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I have several times referred to the concept of “vertical integration” in the health care/health insurance/pharmaceutical industry, most rec...

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Thursday, April 30, 2026

Aging, suffering, and the inevitability of death: Let's keep it real, and ignore the quacks

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My friend Paul Taylor, longtime journalist and former executive at the Pew Trusts, has just published a new book called “ This Is Getting Ol...

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Everything is becoming more unaffordable, but health care may lead this list!

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A Mar 23, 2026 NY Times article, “When voters talk about ‘affordability’, many point to health care” , emphasizes how big a deal this is to...

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Why is it so hard to get medical care? And what should we do about it?

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You may have noticed, should you or a family member or a friend have had a health problem recently, that it is difficult to get care. It is ...

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Josh Freeman: "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough for those who have little." -- FDR

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