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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Where Our Health Care Money Goes
William McGuire, former CEO of United HealthGroup, was paid $54.1 million, not counting stock options. Photo by G. Paul Burnett / NYT. One wonders just what motivates these [Republican] clowns. One could conjecture that it is an abiding, almost religious … Continue reading
Dr. Keister : Obama and the Steelers Won! Next Up: Universal Health Care
President Obama holds up a Pittsburgh Steelers football jersey given to him by Dan Rooney, chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers, during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh last October. Photo by Reuters. I require two more coupes in the next year … Continue reading
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Dr.Stephen R. Keister : The Doctor and the Body Politic
The Doctor by Luke Fildes. I, as an elderly retired physician, idealize what is shown in the painting by Luke Fildes’ ‘The Doctor,’ and look upon the word ‘physician’ in the Greek derivation, i.e. ‘healer.’ I think of Hippocrates, Maimonides … Continue reading
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : John Ruskin, Big PhARMA and the Big Lie
“The essence of lying is deception…” John Ruskin — British socioligist, author, artist and art critic — in old age, 1894. Photo by Frederick Hollyer / public domain. PhARMA and the insurance industry do not want to see a government-sponsored … Continue reading
Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Tell the Republicans: ‘Without Health Life is Not Life’
François Rabelais lisant, anon. drawing, early 17th Century / Wikimedia Commons. Rabelais: ‘Without health life is only a state of languor and an image of death.’ This reminded me of a painting of a 17th century hospital with its endless … Continue reading
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Dante’s Hypocrites and Universal Health Care
Our Divine ComedyIf we cannot influence our elected representatives, all the great efforts of all these dedicated people who desire single payer, universal health coverage will be for naught, and we must accept that the United States is little better … Continue reading
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : ‘Citizens, There Is No Time to Lose’
Leaping on a table, a pistol in each hand, Camille Desmoulins cried, ‘To the Bastille.’ ‘Something in my subconscious clicked last night, and part of the time I lay awake considering the report in The Washington Post about the drastic … Continue reading
Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Talking Health Care in the Barber Shop
I have had experience, or my family or close friends have had first hand experience, in Canada, the UK, France, Norway and Italy with medical care and in all instances have found the care prompt, efficient, caring, and generally covered … Continue reading
HEALTH CARE / Dr. Stephen R. Keister: The Gauntlet Has Been Tossed
A doctor makes a rare house call to visit patients in Florida. While such house calls are rare in the US, they are commonplace in France. Photo by Gregg Matthews / NYT.‘The insurance companies are money making businesses that have … Continue reading
Dr. Stephen R. Keister : On Aging
Sir William Osler: “Pneumonia is the old man’s friend.”‘In the United States, for oh so many years we have merely warehoused the disabled, senile and near senile elderly, in nursing homes of variable competence.’By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The … Continue reading
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Dr. S. R. Keister : An Aging Population Faces Financial Panic
‘I, as a member of a fading generation, have a few observations about the fate of the aging citizens of the United States in this time of impending economic crises.’By Dr. S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November … Continue reading
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By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / July 26, 2011 In his novel Sidetracked, Henning Mankkel quotes a retired journalist: There are two kinds of reporters. The first kind digs in the ground for the truth. He … Continue reading
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