Deane Waldman, M.D.
The U.S. has a critical shortage of health care professionals: nurses, mental health therapists, and particularly physicians. The shortage has been worsening over the years and is now at crisis levels, with wait times for care so long that people are…
COVID-19 has produced three great tragedies in the U.S. The public is aware only of the first. Two greater tragedies are carefully ignored by the press. For the past 18 months, Americans have been bombarded on every platform and news…
While getting espresso at my favorite coffee shop, I asked two uniformed police officers in line ahead of me if they felt supported by their leaders or not. The first man laughed and said, “No way. We have the same…
In football, to facemask means to hurt an opponent by grabbing onto the face guard or face mask that is intended to protect him. When a parent puts a face mask on a child, the parent is unintentionally “facemasking” his…
In 1776, the newly minted Americans declared their unequivocal rejection of government tyranny. Back then, tyranny was simple and direct. Today, it’s not. Tyranny describes “cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control.” Under 18th century British rule, control…
At present, Washington controls the health care for nearly half — 151.8 million or 46 percent — of the U.S. population. Enrollment in government health insurance programs are as follows: 81 million in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program;…
