Commentary
November 7, 2025
Traditional Medicare with a Medigap secondary insurer is the better choice for complete and more flexible coverage with no deductible…
, , , ,July 17, 2025
The Trump administration is revoking billions of dollars of NIH grants and drastically reducing funding at CDC, FDA, and EPA.…
, , , ,February 28, 2025
Primary care physicians at Mass General Brigham facilities moved to unionize last fall. I totally support this. Unionization may allow…
, , ,February 28, 2025
Bird flu has spread to cows and infected some humans. Fear of human-to-human transmission is real, though has not yet…
, , , ,December 23, 2024
Durable medical equipment prices paid by Medicare may be 3-4 times that for same device online.
, , ,November 29, 2024
Influenza and Covid-19 remain substantial infectious diseases which will cause serious disease and death this fall. We have effective and…
, , , ,November 27, 2024
Wordle is one pastime that many of us enjoy in the NY Times. And then there are Quordle and Octordle.
,November 27, 2024
Soaking chestnuts in water vastly improves the edibility of the roasted nut. Poke a hole, soak, roast, enjoy.
, ,October 20, 2024
Massachusetts taxpayers are paying for Ralph de la Torre's yachts and bloated legal fees that result from the Steward bankruptcy.…
, ,October 18, 2024
Political communications are overwhelming in advance of the presidential election. Many people are suffering severe anxiety from advance catastrophication. You…
,October 18, 2024
Spoofed calls are pervasive and have made cell phones as well as land lines much less useful for direct communication.
October 3, 2024
Healthcare is what we have now. Health care is what we want.
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