In response to something I had written, a man called my office to lecture me about it. He explained that if medical inflation was higher than investment rates of return, it would be nearly impossible for an insurance company to make money selling coverage for long term care. He had a point. Due to the skyrocketing cost of long-term care, many people are finding their long-term care premiums are skyrocketing.
Category: Devon Herrick
Cancer Care is Complex and Many Community Oncologists Cannot Keep Up
Just over a decade ago my father-in-law discovered he had melanoma that had spread to his brain. He was told that his cancer was inoperable and there was really nothing that could be done.
Does Free Medical School Tuition Benefit Doctors or Patients?
In early 2024 a former professor at Albert Einstein School of Medicine made a historic donation to the university worth $1 billion dollars. The donation will allow the school to no longer require its medical students to pay for tuition. This is huge. It is not uncommon for medical students to graduate with student loans of $200,000 to $300,000.
Little Evidence Social Media is Behind Teen Angst
When transistor radios became small enough to keep in a kid’s bedroom parents probably worried about lost sleep. When I was a teen, I recall watching my 12” black & white TV with the brightness turned down, an earpiece to conceal sound and a remote power off switch so I could quickly shut it off should my mother check on me. Yes, I often lost sleep. A family member relocated their router to the master bedroom so they could shut it off at night. They didn’t want their teen awake gaming at all hours. All the angst over social media just sounds like yet another form of entertainment for parents to blame for teen behavior.