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Index 2009: Letters to the Editor

Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Nov - 2008

Nov. 2

• Health officials assert vaccine is plentiful; experience says otherwise

Oct. 5

• Long-term price of administration's reform plan is unacceptable
• Stores have plenty of vaccine, but this practice is on the waiting list

Sept. 21

• Hypocritical to put tobacco under FDA

Sept. 7

• Provide physicians with a tax credit for treating the uninsured
• Pharma ties not proof of corruption

Aug. 10

• Patients and doctors must confront realities that are driving up costs

July 20

• Mandated catastrophic coverage should be a key element of reform

June 29

• EHRs a financial burden with no payback for late-career physicians
• Capitate HMO execs, not doctors

June 15

• Salary differences in medicine do not always jibe with value, risk or training

June 1

• Add a ninth reform principle -- an adequate supply of physicians

May 18

• Is goal more quality or less payment?

May 4

• Insurers responsible for time pressures that undermine taking a good medical history

April 20

• As nationalized care eyed, a strong statement is needed from medicine

April 6

• Time to rethink EMS helicopters?

March 23

• FSMB chair: Opioid Rx guide available
• Serving patients and preserving medicine requires better stewardship of resources than has been shown

March 9

• MSSNY president: Insurer settlements highlight need for code of conduct
• No-sedation colonoscopies will prompt many to say no to the procedure
• Tell it like it is: Doctors need fair pay for services, not "reimbursement"

Feb. 16

• A true teaching tool about bioethics certainly wouldn't star Dr. House

Feb. 9

• Support for no-sedation colonoscopy misses some significant drawbacks

Feb. 2

• Peer review needs oversight and transparency to be effective
• Incentives needed to keep, boost primary care practices

Jan. 26

• Absence of EMRs isn't the problem, but not living up to their potential is

Jan. 19

• Day's end for a weary resident: How about a merlot on the limo ride home?
• Work limits touted, but postresidency reality can mean even longer hours

Jan. 12

• Greater transparency needed in how insurers account for care costs

Jan. 5

• Joint Commission's standard on disruptive behavior is unreasonable

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