by Dr Simone | May 15, 2026 | Dr Simone, Health Policy, Healthcare, HEALTHCARE CORPORATIZATION, Healthcare Costs, HEALTHCARE CRISIS
To restore balance, Academic medical centers should refocus on education, research, and public service; protect trainees from purely profit-driven pressures; and promote physician-leaders who remain directly engaged in patient care and teaching.
More than a century after the Flexner Report warned about commercialization in medicine, business priorities again threaten to overshadow the core mission of academic medicine: patient care, education, and scientific discovery.
by Dr Simone | Jan 2, 2014 | Health Policy, Simone Health Insurance Advantage, Simone Ten Point Plan
Your health insurance costs are out of control and are the second leading cost for companies, organizations, unions, and governments. To contain costs, employers tried everything without success: less coverage, higher copays, higher deductibles, etc. America spends the most on health care, ranks last among the top 19 nations, has one of the highest infant mortality rates, obesity rates, and a lower life expectancy. About 80% of all health care dollars are spent on chronic illnesses that are self-induced. And as “excess deaths” rise, health care costs will soar.
