I once heard a pharmacist remark that they are in a losing battle because the nature of business conflicts with the nature of the profession of pharmacy. The nature of business is making profits. In retail pharmacy profits are made by filling as many prescriptions as possible with as little help as possible. But the … Continue reading
After writing the first draft of a blog post a month or two ago, I read it out loud to my partner, who happens to be a nurse. The point of the blog (and it seemed perfectly sensible to me) was that pharmacists were the “sleeping giants” of the medical field and that their training … Continue reading
In 2009, during the rancorous debates in Congress, Republican Senator Richard Shelby said that “America has the best health care system the world has ever known.” America certainly has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and may even have the best emergency care system in the world, but unfortunately that advanced medical technology … Continue reading
“Out of control government spending!” “Fiscal irresponsibility!” “Extravagant government expenditures!” We hear it every day – the droning of pundits and politicians on the national budget: the weight of the deficit is crushing us and we must tighten our belts! No matter which side of the political fence you sit on, we can probably agree … Continue reading
Do you know anyone with health insurance headaches? Or maybe the question should be: do you know anyone who DOESN’T have health insurance headaches? With over 100 separate health insurance companies operating under different sets of rules, we have created a bloated, unwieldy and unnecessarily expensive delivery system for healthcare that promises problems for anyone … Continue reading
Because the celebrations of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa all include the tradition of gift-giving, we have come to think of the holidays as a time of giving. As a kid I remember being told in Sunday school that Christmas presents were really birthday presents for Jesus that we give to one another to recall the … Continue reading
