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Category Archives: Congress
Essay: Opioids coming through the Mexican border are a national security risk
Update January 8, 2019- President Trump quoted from this story tonight during his talk from the Ova
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, NIH, Primary care medicine, Rehab
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Essay: How Google accidentally invented surveillance capitalism
March 24, 2019- by Steven E. Greer I read a few more pages of Surveillance Capitalism (it will be a tough slog to finish this). As
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, - Reviews, books, devices, Congress, Genetics
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Google’s Larry Page wants your medical records to be public for “research”
March 20, 2014-By Steven E. Greer, MD Charlie Rose interviewed Google founder Larry Page at the 2014 TED conference. During the talk, Mr.
Posted in - Biotech, - Medical Devices, - Opinion, Congress, Genetics
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Apple, Google, and Amazon need to make their own hospitals
Update February 27, 2018- Well, they used my idea from two-years ago. Amazon, Warren Buffet,
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, CMS, Congress, Z Medical centers
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Essay: The real villain in the New Zealand massacre is the video game industry
March 20, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I normally protect my soul by not watching grotesque videos. I have never seen the films of people jumping
President-elect Trump adopts plan by The Healthcare Channel to bring back drug manufacturing jobs
September 4, 2010- by Steven Greer, MD The Commissioner of the FDA, Margaret Hamburg, could become the single biggest job creator
Don Berwick, MD: Waste in the American Healthcare System
Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage
Posted in CMS, Congress, Harvard
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The secret agenda of Neocons: Supporting the corrupt status quo in healthcare
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.
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress
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Big Time College Sports is not the worst thing about American universities
January 10, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was chuckling at an irrelevant essay in the NY Post complaining about how college football
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress
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Don Berwick, MD: State health insurance exchanges
April 4, 2012
Posted in CMS, Congress, Harvard
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Industry conflicts arise at PCORI threatening any real comparative effectiveness research
February 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) was created by the PPACA “ObamaCare” law in 2010.
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Opinion, - Pharma, CMS, Congress, Yale
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Have state health commissioners dropped the ball?
With Obamacare exchange premiums increasing 7.5% year-over-year, this 2013 video is still relevant….
Posted in CMS, Congress
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Essay: The Sad State of Affairs for American Medicine Primary Care
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
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CMS, Congress, Primary care medicine
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Senator Angus King discusses his bill to make medical device pricing transparent to the public
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
Posted in - Medical Devices, - Policy, Congress
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I was in the delivery room when Obamacare was born
Update September 21, 2014- Obamacare is causing more people to go to the hospital, which
Posted in CMS, Congress
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Essay: The Silos of American Healthcare Stifle Communication Between Providers
December 19, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have a clinical practice that treats chronic conditions, among other things. I recently ran across a
Posted in - Opinion, CMS, Congress
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Essay: Everything you say can and will be used against you
November 10, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I keep telling people that “smart home” devices, such as Amazon’s Alexa, record everything
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Congress
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Is polio making a comeback?
Update November 13, 2018- Parents of children who died from this “polio-like” illness are accusing the
How pain pills almost killed my mother after elective knee surgery
May 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD My mother is in her 70’s and in good health except for debilitating knee arthritis. After considerable
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, CDC, Congress, FDA, Orthopedic surgery, Plastic surgery
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The Miami Summit on Healthcare Spending Reduction
June 29, 2010 Produced and interviewed by Steven Greer, MD The Healthcare Channel and The University of Miami Health System hosted a roundtable discussion
Posted in - Policy, CMS, Congress, Univ Miami
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