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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Monday, July 12, 2004. A FLOOR OR A CEILING? What should government-based single-payer healthcare be? Should it be focused on an effort to provide basic coverage for the uninsured, or should it focus on placing everyone in the same boat in the pursuit of "fairness"? Or put more simply, do we want a "one-tier" or a "two-tiered" system. Ronald Bailey at. Cited by Mr. Bailey:. In Dr Caplan's own words.
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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Wednesday, April 08, 2009. Throws down the gauntlet:. Make no mistake, specialist organizations are ready to throw primary care under the bus, with the opening salvo of implying that generalist doctors can be easily replaced by mid-level providers telegraphing their intentions. Let's hope that the ACP. Two enter, one leaves indeed. Kevin links again to Bob Doherty's. Website and advocacy program:. Butto...
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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Sunday, August 09, 2009. Gone to the Dogs. A frequently heard remark about a poor physician is: "I wouldn't let him operate on my dog! Well in the UK, sometimes the dogs have it better:. But there is the animal equivalent of the NHS:. I have asked the question before: floor or ceiling. Because if fairness, rather than improved health is the goal, then the NHS has failed on both counts:. There are parts ...
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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Tuesday, July 07, 2009. Are we the Greedy Bastards Dr. Gawande Makes us out to be? The criticisms of Dr. Gwande's. Article have ranged from the patients in McAllen are sicker, that the cost issues are multifactoral, and that Gawande makes his point by using the outlier. Point is also made by this paper. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. While the issues at hand are complex, Gawande has unf...
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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Thursday, April 02, 2009. I Haven't Watched in Years. But I will watch the last episode of "ER" tonight. Posted by Bard-Parker : 7:37 PM. Who is this guy? Dept for the Prevention of Surgery. Kevin, M.D. Fingers and Tubes in Every Orifice. The Blog that Ate Manhattan. Office of the General Counsel. Health Care Law Blog. The Health Care Blog. American College of Surgeons. American Board of Surgery. Grand ...
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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Friday, May 21, 2010. Time to Go Galt? The below is video of a recent Grand Rounds presented by a Chief Resident at the University of Alabama. Going Galt: When Will Surgeons Say Enough is Enough? Excellent presentation by a young surgeon on the uncertainty of the future. Could have done without the Tebow love. Posted by Bard-Parker : 10:07 AM. Who is this guy? Dept for the Prevention of Surgery. Grand R...
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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Friday, April 17, 2009. The Government Big Enough to Give You Healthcare. Callie Moore Is a 13 year-old young lady who lives in the Athens area and has a multitude of medical conditions. Because of strokes she suffered while in her mother's womb, 13-year-old Callie Moore of Danielsville. Reflux disease, cortical blindness, dysphagia. Bone cartilage disease, scoliosis, kyphosis. Lawyers convinced U.S...
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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Monday, March 30, 2009. The Gang's all Here. Maybe it has to do with spring but thanks to GruntDoc. I find that both Panda Bear. And my old group-blogging buddy Galen. Now if Grunt Doc will only take me. Off the dead blog list. Posted by Bard-Parker : 6:56 AM. Who is this guy? Dept for the Prevention of Surgery. Kevin, M.D. Fingers and Tubes in Every Orifice. The Blog that Ate Manhattan. Grand Rounds Vo...
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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Saturday, April 11, 2009. Red 13 Black 3. You know college football is big in Georgia when for your spring game: 1)About 40,000 show up, and 2)It's covered live on ESPN and Herbstreit does the play-by-play. Yes, I know that that many or more will show up for the A-day game in Tuscaloosa next week. But it is Easter weekend, and The Masters is underway, so there! To hell with Tech. Who is this guy? Grand ...
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A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure. A perspective on medical and other issues from a general surgeon. Thursday, March 26, 2009. First off, thanks for all of those who have welcomed me back after my hiatus. Why so long away? After boards some other things came up and I didn't have the time. Then Mrs. Parker got on Facebook. And got me hooked too. Then I realized that the time spent on Facebook. Could also be spent on Blogger. I dislike the new Facebook. I'm still spending time on sidebar maintenance.