GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. And so I went into medical school wanting to cure cancer. I entered medical school and I did a course that was offered that’s called living with a life threatening illness.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

That trajectory was in increase from 2000 to say, 2010. For-profit hospices having much higher rates of their patients visiting the emergency department and being hospitalized, in addition to disenrollment. I do think the growth of for-profit hospice, so around 2000 to 2010, was beneficial in terms of access. Go ahead, Lauren.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

Before becoming a core faculty member at the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program , I spent more than 15 years teaching in Georgetown's family medicine department. The number of visits to primary care physicians fell by 43% from 2010 to 2021 despite 7.4% growth in the U.S. growth in the U.S.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork. His wife, Julie, estimated Jeff’s medical bills have exceeded $5 million, and most of his care has been covered by his insurer.

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