The COVID pandemic is entering its third year and a political consensus is now forming – we have to live with this virus.       In spite of confusing and conflicting policies by our public officials, COVID has followed basic epidemiological trends of past pandemics – the bubonic plague, small pox, the influenza epidemic of 1918 […]

         The greed and inefficiency of hospital conglomerates is destroying health care. Thanks to the costs of electronic medical records (EMR) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) imposed on physicians, independent practices – especially primary care – can no longer afford to stay business. They are forced to sell out to […]

        Once again, it is time to make a fool of myself by making predictions for 2022. To save my more obnoxious readers the bother of highlighting my incompetence by forwarding my grossly inaccurate predictions for 2021, I will repeat them. 1. The stock market will gain 10%. Wrong. The S & P gained 25%. […]