Policy & Ethics

John Ioannidis, a professor at Stanford, has made something of a career writing about the quality of scientific reporting. His paper "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False" is among the most downloaded articles from PLoS Medicine.

As a Californian who also lives in New York City, I am fascinated by how these two states do so many things that cost taxpayers money while producing estimates showing how much we all saved, even though taxes remain really high.

Policy decisions should be based on evidence in order to provide the most benefit for the health and safety of the public.

United Healthcare, the largest provider of Medicare Advantage (MA plans) services, is being sued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for fraud.

I hate politics. Is that enough of a disclosure? Well, I hate erosion of the doctor-patient relationship even more, especially when predicated on politicized falsehoods.

At the end of my senior year in high school, our class opened a time capsule that we made in 2nd grade. Each of us had filled out a piece of paper asking us questions like, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I wrote "Scientist."

One of the things I miss most about graduate school is access to the library and journals.

The word "trafficking" does not conjure up pleasant imagery. Human trafficking, drug trafficking, gun trafficking. These are immoral and destructive behaviors. But what about organ trafficking?

Some policy issues are so complicated, there appears to be no good or easy solution. Take foreign policy, for example.

Obamacare was always about health coverage, not health care.