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Month: April 2011

Also, don’t run into traffic

April 29, 2011Russell Saunders 1 Comment

Every so often I read a story about people behaving in such an epically stupid way with their computers that I wonder if they also have to be warned about, say, trying to make toast in the bath.  There were… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized Facebook, patient confidentiality

A close reading of the medical record

April 28, 2011Russell Saunders 4 Comments

Both Andrew Sullivan and Spencer Ackerman raise alarms about a new report in the online journal PLoS Medicine.  The report concerns the medical providers at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and their complicity in the torture of detainees there,… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized Andrew Sullivan, Guantanamo Bay, PLoS Medicine, Spencer Ackerman

Making a decent idea a little bit worse

April 25, 2011Russell Saunders 9 Comments

In my own little corner of American medical care, so far I haven’t felt much of a ripple from the Affordable Care Act (or, if you prefer, “Obamacare”).  The changes in insurance regulation that have already gone into effect don’t… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized affordable care act, health savings accounts

Worst. Oscar host. Ever.

April 22, 2011Russell Saunders 1 Comment

I think we can all agree that academic ambition is a wonderful thing, so long as nobody mistakes it for talent as a live entertainer.

Uncategorized James Franco

On the house

April 22, 2011Russell Saunders 7 Comments

Were I given free rein to repopulate Dante’s Inferno, there’s nobody I’d more gleefully plunk right into Malebolge than Andrew Wakefield, charlatan par excellence.  He could while away eternity swapping stories with Ulysses and Diomedes as they all flickered together,… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized Andrew Wakefield, autism, vaccines

On costs

April 21, 2011Russell Saunders 5 Comments

Asks Jaybird in a comment from my last post: Is there *ANY* dollar amount at which we, as a society, can say “we’ve spent quite a lot on (individual) and, from this point on, we’re only going to pay for… Continue Reading →

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Trouble with sums

April 20, 2011Russell Saunders 10 Comments

As God is my witness, I cannot make sense of Paul Ryan’s plans for Medicare. Whatever my concerns about a voucher system for education reform, I can at least understand how that system is supposed to function.  Don’t want to… Continue Reading →

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A brief consumer review

April 19, 2011Russell Saunders 1 Comment

It seems, as far as composing blog posts is concerned, the iPad is deeply, profoundly craptacular. Thank you. I feel better now. [Real post to follow whenever the Better Half returns with his laptop.]

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Bitter pills

April 18, 2011Russell Saunders 32 Comments

A week ago, Andrew Sullivan wrote a thoughtful post about what healthcare reform is apt to mean in the long run. Remember all those old black and white movies where you saw scenes in which the father of a sick… Continue Reading →

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An extraordinary honor

April 18, 2011Russell Saunders 9 Comments

Before I get to the business of introducing myself, I have to begin by thanking my hosts at the main blog.  I am incredibly honored to be joining such a thoughtful and intelligent community, and hope to provide a contribution… Continue Reading →

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