PeterUbel

Effective treatment + ineffective messenger = unnecessary deaths!

My visit to this well-intentioned dermatologist illustrates one of the flaws of this idea of consumer empowerment.

Here is an awful thing about high deductible health plans: They delay breast cancer diagnosis and get in the way of proper breast cancer care. 

It is the season for expressing thanks. With that in mind, I’m here to urge us all to thank more than just science, or scientists, for developing these amazing vaccines.

The problem with American healthcare is not the existence of greed.

Those blood pressure pills could do more harm than good.

The US is rapidly becoming a high out-of-pocket healthcare system, often with disastrous results.

Antibiotic prescribing is rampant, even among asymptomatic patients.

American healthcare is ridiculously expensive.

I don’t know how many coaches told me “no pain, no gain.”