A Country Doctor Writes

JULY 1, 2025

This means we have the resources to reach out to the populations we manage and offer them immunizations, screening tests and advice without dragging them into the office one by one to do this for them (and bill their insurance for our efforts). But, we are disincentivized and downright punished if we do just that.

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Primary Care Patient-Centered Government Family Doctor 233

Common Sense Family Doctor

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Several years ago, during the first Trump administration, I excoriated the then-nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services , orthopedic surgeon Tom Price, for his poor understanding of cancer screening. s views on cancer screening. Few HHS Secretaries have actually been medical doctors; Dr. RFK Jr. Kennedy, Jr.

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Vaccination Government Screening IT 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 20, 2025

HHS has traditionally relied on panels of non-government experts to guide its work in prevention, and after the DOGE-driven cuts that resulted in the departure of 20 percent of its workforce , it needs outside help more than ever. Two of these panels have already been dissolved, and the remaining three are on life support.

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Chronic Disease Diabetes Screening Vaccination 92