I wonder how many folks realize that Medicare brought about the end of racial segregation in hospitals. I didn’t know because I was asleep in […]
Health Care Policy Articles
Measles outbreak is understandable in West Africa, not in USA
Austin American-Statesman, March 17, 2015
As if 24,000 people being stricken and 10,000 people dying from Ebola in West Africa weren’t enough, now the area is being hit with a […]
Ebola errors in Dallas will rewrite disease protocols
Austin American-Statesman, October 19, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hospitals and the American public were taken totally off guard by our first Ebola patient. The CDC’s reaction […]
Solid alternatives to ERs still lacking
Austin American-Statesman, January 22, 2014
On the second day of the new year, I slipped on a rock and fell into Shoal Creek. When I saw the gigantic splash coupled […]
Plugging the mental health care gap in Austin
Austin American-Statesman, December 8, 2013
The Seton Healthcare Family’s announcement Tuesday to open the region’s first psychiatric emergency department raises a simple question: How has Austin gotten by for so […]
The story behind a plaque
Austin American-Statesman, September 8, 2013
Emergency rooms, psychiatric facilities and geriatric units can be pressure cookers for patient-on-worker violence, with nurses bearing the brunt. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]
Emergency rooms often dangerous; new law helps protects staff
Austin American-Statesman, September 7, 2013
On the outside of an emergency department door, it’s a felony to assault emergency personnel. On the inside, it’s a misdemeanor. That is, until now. […]
Poor diet and obesity take a toll on Mexico
Austin American-Statesman, July 23, 2013
Saturday’s column described how in the span of one decade, Mexico achieved universal health care by enrolling its 52.6 million uninsured people (half the population) […]
Universal health care works well in Mexico
Austin American-Statesman, July 20, 2013
In 2003, half of Mexico’s 100 million people lacked health insurance. Self-employed farmers, street vendors and those with odd jobs had to pay out of […]
Drug pitches over TV foster unseen hazards
Austin American-Statesman, April 9, 2013
In February, 150 federal agents descended on The Scooter Store’s national headquarters in New Braunfels searching for evidence of Medicare fraud. The case shines a […]
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