As you may or may not have heard, Brenda Fitzgerald, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), resigned from her post last week. Some point to her investment in tobacco and pharmaceutical companies as the reason why she left. Others don’t care why she left, as long as Anne Schuchat is Acting Director and not someone…
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Why We Need “Essential Health Benefits” on Every Health Insurance Plan
My wife and I were in San Francisco last week, and we caught a Lyft ride to have dinner with friends. As we rode, the driver started chatting with us. He asked us what we were doing there, and we told him we were there for a conference on mental health counseling. He then told us that he was glad…
This is America, not a Banana Republic
Word on the street is that Congress is not getting much love from the public. However, when you look at the polls, everyone hates Congress, but they’re okay with their Representatives and Senators. I’m not. I’m not happy with any of the games they’re playing lately. For the record, I’m a registered Republican, though the Republican party left me the…
