October 14th, 2008 by Dr. Val Jones in Announcements
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I have a friend who works with Katie Couric and he sent me this announcement today. You may be interested in tuning in tonight to hear more specifics about McCain and Obama’s views on HIV/AIDS in America. As for me, I’ll be attending a lecture about our two party system at the National Archives. Thank goodness for TiVo.
Tonight on the “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric,” Medical Contributor Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on where each presidential candidate stands on AIDS in America. There is a new infection every 9.5 minutes and an AIDS related death every 33 minutes with 1.2 million Americans who carry the virus. Yet HIV / AIDS is America’s “forgotten epidemic,” as the nation spends almost $10 billion annually to fight AIDS abroad, but less than 10 percent of that here at home. Dr. Gupta will explore how Senators McCain and Obama intend to stop the epidemic and how they plan to care for those living with this deadly disease. For all the candidates answers, tune in tonight at 6:30 p.m. EST.
This is part of an ongoing weekly series of in-depth reports called “Where They Stand” CBS News will continue to examine how each candidate proposes to solve America’s most pressing problems, from the economy to foreign policy to immigration to health care to education to energy to the environment to the country’s infrastructure to homeland security, among others.
October 7th, 2008 by Dr. Val Jones in Expert Interviews, Medblogger Shout Outs
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Many thanks to my fellow blogger KevinMD who offered to host me during my period of blog homelessness. In this post, I interview Dr. Ken Thorpe about the real driver of healthcare costs:
About 75% of what we spend on healthcare is associated with chronically ill patients. That’s about 1.6 trillion dollars per year. Chronic disease accounts for the biggest source of spending in the healthcare economy, and it’s also the fastest growing – as more and more people are living with chronic illnesses. If we’re really serious about getting to the bottom of the healthcare affordability crisis, we’ll have to first address the chronic disease issue…
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October 7th, 2008 by Dr. Val Jones in Medblogger Shout Outs
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I posted this at Medpolitics.com during my recent period of blog homelessness. Here’s an excerpt:
Sec. Tommy Thompson:
“SCHIP runs out in March, 2009. The new President will have to come up with a Medicare ‘fix it’ bill within 90 days of coming into office. I think that 2009 will be the biggest year in the transformation of healthcare that any of us have ever seen.”
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October 7th, 2008 by Dr. Val Jones in Medblogger Shout Outs
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Thanks to the Happy Hospitalist who hosted me during my time of blog homelessness. Check out this post:
My pediatrician is 90 years old. He worked hard and invested his money until age 65, and then retired. He told me that he is about to outlive his savings, and he worries that he will lose his home shortly. It disturbs me to think that such a hard working, responsible person who devoted his life to caring for sick children could end his days homeless and penniless. This is the reality of our current economy – even the most conservative investors are seeing their monthly income dwindle. And if a retired physician is having a hard time surviving, what will happen to the average American?…
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October 7th, 2008 by Dr. Val Jones in Medblogger Shout Outs
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While I was “between blogs” I posted this amusing interview excerpt at Medpolitics.com:
Kalb: Where did you come up with the title for your new book, “A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity?”
O’Reilly: My third grade teacher, sister Mary Lurana, of Saint Bridget’s School on Long Island called me that and it traumatized me for my whole life.
Kalb: Why did she call you that?
O’Reilly: I was a little thug. I was bothering her one day and she blurted out, “William, you bold fresh piece of humanity!” and then whacked me with a ruler. That was the end of me – I ended up turning into the monster that you see now…
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