The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued a new report on the impacts of global warming. This report, Global Warming of 1.5oC, contains dire predictions of drought, disease, famine and death resulting from greenhouse gas emissions. Is this really how a changing climate will affect us? Will it increase or lessen disease? Our food […]
This conference trains physicians to start or expand a direct primary care practice (DPC) that is based on the private patient to doctor relationship. Through recurring payments (monthly, quarterly, or annually), patients "contract" directly with their doctor for care for a low fixed fee. By unshackling physicians from paperwork, bureaucracy, and reimbursements, DPC cuts out […]
Is Healthcare A Right? Guest speaker for this event is Dr. Beth Haynes, previously in private practice with board certification in both Family Practice and Emergency Medicine, Dr. Beth Haynes has been working full time in healthcare policy for the past six years. She obtained her MD from the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine […]
HEALTH AFFAIRS FORUM Health Reform: From the Midterms to 2020 What role did health care play in the 2018 midterm elections and what does that mean for the 2020 presidential election? Two Health Affairs papers released ahead of print on November 16 will outline potential health reform policies that may be a part of Democratic […]
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