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Obama Health Care, etc. »

By Thomas Sears MD FACC on Sep 10, 2009 in Current Affairs | 57 Comments

From a Cardiologist who practices in the midwest and, sadly, is Larry’s Brother-in-Law (sad for Tom because he has to put up with me, LJ):
To me, the ‘big speech was just as scary as it has been these past weeks. Virtually all of the criticisms (from both sides of the aisle) continue to be [...]

Government Health Care »

By Thomas Sears MD FACC on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care | 64 Comments

I am a physician. I am a full-time faculty member at a University hospital, but as an unpaid care-deliverer, I also frequently work in a the real government health care establishment, the VA Hospital, ….not the NIH where the docs can do anything they want. If we, in real life, would do [...]

Influenza Pandemic … further thoughts: »

By Thomas Sears MD FACC on Apr 30, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care, Influenza Pandemic | 64 Comments

(Bumped up from Wednesday morning.)
Thanks to all who responded to my piece regarding the administration response to this pandemic of influenza. As I go through the news sources today, there really isn’t much exciting unless one examines the response of the locals. What I am seeing is an admirable effort to educate the [...]