Health Care Reform: Are We Seeing the Perfect Storm?
Is health care reform on the horizon? I posed this question last month to Business Week Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler in the context of business cost pressures and growing unemployment. Here’s how I...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong with a Public Health Care Plan?
Am I missing something? I really don’t get all the handwringing among insurers and the pharmaceutical industry about a public health plan component to reform. One of the latest naysayers is Eli Lilly‘s...
View Article6 Reasons to Pay Attention to HealthReform.gov
I received a great news release this morning from the Department of Health and Human Services. The headline: Secretary Sebelius Releases Inaugural Health Care “Success Story” Report. Here are 6 reasons...
View ArticleShots, School Kids, and Smart Branding
Children’s National Medical Center is trying to take some of the ouch out of immunizations with this mobile health unit. I shot the picture when the health team was taking a break from getting school...
View ArticleWhat Happens the Day After Health Reform?
Enacting health reform is the easy part. What happens the day after? The University of Chicago held a terrific forum on health care on Sept. 10 in Washington. It was headlined by HHS Secretary Kathleen...
View ArticleHip Hop Doc Takes on H1N1
The H1N1 virus is serious business, but talking about flu prevention shouldn’t be deadly dull. Now it’s not, thanks to this public service announcement by “hip hop doc” John Clarke, whose day job is...
View ArticleABC News, Monster Burgers, and a Missing Slide
ABC News led in to Friday night’s report on super-sized fast food meals with a public health warning–sort of. Before giving viewers the details behind a new burger (1500 calories, 97 grams of fat, 2090...
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7 Key Takeaways from Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trends Report
Mary Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trends Report is out. Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins (yes, that Kleiner Perkins), annually drops a large deck of trends and statistics for us to ponder. This year’s...
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