Category Archives: – Policy

The new CDC guidelines for prescribing opioid pain pills

Posted on February 16, 2019 by admin

June 1, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Pain pill prescriptions have quadrupled since the 1990’s as drug companies stepped up marketing and funded

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President-elect Trump adopts plan by The Healthcare Channel to bring back drug manufacturing jobs

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

September 4, 2010- by Steven Greer, MD The Commissioner of the FDA, Margaret Hamburg, could become the single biggest job creator

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The MusiCorps benefit concert 2015

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

October 16, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed the Founder of MusiCorps, Arthur Bloom, and one of the musicians in the band,

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Essay: Opioids coming through the Mexican border are a national security risk

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

Update January 8, 2019- President Trump quoted from this story tonight during his talk from the Ova

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Don Berwick, MD: Waste in the American Healthcare System

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage

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Don Berwick, MD: State health insurance exchanges

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

April 4, 2012

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Don Berwick, MD: Changing from fee-for-service to bundled payments in Medicare and Medicaid

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

April 4, 2012

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Don Berwick, MD: National Coverage Decisions

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

December 1, 2013- National Coverage Decisions (NCDs) are used by CMS to set guidelines as to

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Don Berwick, MD: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin
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CMMI Director leaves after Healthcare Channel investigates

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

September 29, 2013-By Steven E. Greer, MD In June of 2012, The Healthcare Channel published an influential Op-Ed in the WSJ exposing

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Industry conflicts arise at PCORI threatening any real comparative effectiveness research

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

February 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) was created by the PPACA “ObamaCare” law in 2010.

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Have state health commissioners dropped the ball?

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

With Obamacare exchange premiums increasing 7.5% year-over-year, this 2013 video is still relevant….

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The FDA pathway for biosimilar drug approvals

Posted on February 8, 2019 by admin

March 26, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer,

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Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

Posted on February 5, 2019 by admin

October 18, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

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Under new leadership, Johns Hopkins creates a disaster at the Tampa children’s hospital

Posted on February 2, 2019 by admin

Dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Paul Rothman December 11, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Ranking colleges and medical centers is a futile, highly subjective, and ludicrous endeavor. Nevertheless,

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Essay: The Sad State of Affairs for American Medicine Primary Care

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

December 26, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I am so saddened by the state of our profession. I have been in different industries and unaware

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Review: “The Bleeding Edge” documentary on unsafe medical devices

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

November 1, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD The Netflix 2018 documentary “The Bleeding Edge” reviews modern cases of medical devices

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The secret agenda of Neocons: Supporting the corrupt status quo in healthcare

Posted on January 29, 2019 by admin

January 29, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Kamala Harris announced her run for president. She gave a town hall talk laying out her platform.

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Senator Angus King discusses his bill to make medical device pricing transparent to the public

Posted on January 7, 2019 by admin

July 9, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Senator Angus King from Maine has proposed a a bill that would make the pricing of medical devices

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I was in the delivery room when Obamacare was born

Posted on January 4, 2019 by admin

Update September 21, 2014- Obamacare is causing more people to go to the hospital, which

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