Great article, a must read. Would also suggest you read Fred’s comments on www.avc.com   http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1887728-1,00.html   Sent from my iPhone

Check out this website I found at runningahospital.blogspot.com Paul is wonderfully transparent and articulate about the challenges faced by a hospital CEO. This is his post referencing how he approached the budgetary issues he faced….and why he made the decisions he did. Amazing.

So what is wrong with the litany? One, it is overly pessimistic. Two, it continuously compares U.S. health care to that of other nations. Three, it misuses statistics to portray U.S. health care as an abysmal failure. Four, it implies that health care alone is responsible for the health of a nation. Five, it ignores… Read More

via philbaumann.com ” old news” but worthy of memorializing it further…. How many docs are on twitter now ???

NYS raises income taxes to nearly 9%   http://preview.tinyurl.com/d7kco2   …. Feds to raise taxes to ~39%…. # of uninsured rising, hospitals cutting staff and services…. Large multi-specialty groups threaten my groups existence….. "health care reform" is on the horizon,  where does it all end?   I've made conservative, well thought out decisions with my families best… Read More