Honored that my article was published in @Clinorthop journals.lww.com/clinorthop/…

Prepping for a long day. I have my caffeine and my fur coat of dopamine. #democracy #TrustWomen

This video is incredible. Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.

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A century ago, Germany’s democracy was hijacked by a bombastic and charismatic tyrant — and in this five-minute video, you’ll learn how he did it. Why did I produce this? Because I believe that history is speaking to us, and all too often, those who refuse to learn from it are doomed to repeat it. As you watch, imagine filling out a Bingo card filled with Germany 1933/USA 2024 parallels: big rallies, rage-filled and hateful rhetoric, simple answers promising quick and easy solutions to complicated problems, empty promises of a great-again future, scapegoating outsiders, and political enemies silenced on day one. And notice the caring wisdom and concern from my German friends as they share these lessons from their dark history. It’s hard to understand how Trump could, on the eve of a tight election, paint a picture of Liz Cheney before a firing squad by actually saying, “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? And let’s see how she feels about it when the guns are trained on her face.” You can’t get into the mind of a dictator with an insatiable appetite for power — but you can recognize the playbook they all seem to follow. Just watch this clip. It’s excerpted from my hourlong public television special “The Story of Fascism in Europe,” which is streaming free (and ad-free) at ricksteves.com/fascism. If you care about our democracy and love our country, it’s hard to stop watching. When I produced this in 2018, I hoped this day would never come in our country. But November 5th is upon us. Please share this with anyone in your life who might need a reminder that the stakes are high...and this is very real.

I’m not going to sit here and say I love Liz Cheney with all my heart— but it’s absolutely bullshit that she’s out there for the most part standing alone because men like Mitt Romney and George Bush don’t have the courage to stand up for the constitution.

BREAKING: The Minas Tirith Post will not be making an endorsement in this year's contest between Aragorn son of Arathorn and the Dark Lord Sauron.

Canceled our @washingtonpost subscription today. Could explain why but other readers did so better. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Physician conversion factors: 2000: $36.6173 2003: $36.7856 2006: $37.8975 2009: $36.0666 2012: $34.0376 2015: $35.7547 2018: $35.9996 2021: $34.8931 2024: $32.7442 UHC stock up 8,556% Insurance premiums up 342% Inflation up 86% Physician pay down 10% We should keep cutting physician pay so families have more money in their pockets through reduced costs and reduced premiums based on the last 25 years of experience.

Johns Hopkins (where I did ortho residency, got a masters, and was faculty for 6 1/2 years) sends a letter asking for money. Ah the joys of a bigender name. But de-doctoring me too?

I’m hearing so many people cite conflict of interest as the reason physicians shouldn’t own hospitals. This also happens to be the main strategy the American Hospital Association used to lobby Congress to ban POHs in the Affordable Care Act, paving the way for the consolidated corporate nightmare we enjoy today. The conflict of interest argument is absurd in a for profit healthcare system. Hospitals force their employed physicians to refer to other specialists within their own hospital system. Physicians recommend surgery then do the surgery themselves collecting both a clinic fee and a surgery fee. Optum forces patients to see their doctors, use their pharmacies, and be admitted to their own hospitals. If there is profit to be made in patient care, there will be a conflict of interest among the entities/people collecting that profit. The closest thing to a conflict of interest free system is one that is devoid of profit. Call me cynical, but that will not happen in the US. So we can wring our hands about the potential corruption and malfeasance evil greedy doctors will inflict upon our great country if physicians owned hospitals, while ignoring the actual corruption and malfeasance already displayed by hospital corporations. We can ignore data that shows POHs as a whole (~250 in the US, holdovers from pre-ACA times) have better outcomes at lower costs. Or we can introduce some actual competition in the healthcare marketplace to give patients a chance for better care from people who actually got into this business to treat patients, care that is not dictated by a private equity company or insurance company. Just give physicians a chance to show that we can do a better job. That’s all we’re asking. If we suck at it, we won’t get very far, right? Isn’t that what the free market is for? Repeal the ban on physician owned hospital.

Amazing first few weeks at Vanderbilt! VUMC made a bold investment in the Center for Transplant Science - this new center will bring together the diverse disciplines that make organ transplantation a phenomenally innovative field.

Execution after birth is not happening in America. Except in schools.

Facts are important. 🚨 There is no such thing as abortion after birth. I deliver babies and provide abortion care.

From Jennifer Carter, a teacher at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. What the hell are we doing?

We will keep beating the drum until those in power listen. This is a threat to the health of our country and the health of the economy. Small businesses are being pushed out. Consolidation is increasing costs. The economy will suffer. Time to get this fixed!

Proposed Conversion Factor of $32.26. in 2025. It was $36.69 in 1998. So even w/o inflation adjustment, doctors in 1998 made more from Medicare than doctors in 2025. Adjusted for inflation, it should be $71.33 ($32.26 in 1998 would be $17.05) #MedTwitter

To bring you up to speed today #MedTwitter, hospitals and ASCs get a 3% raise, we get a 3% cut and @uhc committed 8.7B dollars worth of Medicare fraud in 2021 alone. But yes tell us how it’s all the doctors fault. #notaprovider @DOJCrimDiv @DrCorriel @pppforpatients @Suburbanbella @fuzzymittens @MayaBabuMD @neurosurgery

via @NYTimes About time to go after the PBM racket. nytimes.com/2024/07/09/healt…

Our new paper in @NEJM examines the widespread acquisitions of medical practices by UnitedHealth, Humana, Cigna, and other insurers—what’s driving this trend and what are its implications for patients and clinicians? 1/x