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The role of the health insurance industry
We have a misconception of what the insurance companies job is. There are two reasons for insurance companies to exist in the current scheme of things. The first reason is to aggregate risk. That is...
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PSA Testing Debate
There have been a number of recent articles in the press (most notably at the New York Times) about the advisability of giving men routine PSA tests to detect if they have Prostate Cancer. A government...
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The Lucky Years by David Agus
I don’t often write book reviews these days. In fact, I don’t often read books these days. For the last three years, I have been working on a project that I think will have an enormous impact on the...
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How I have spent the last four years…and why it might be important to you
Next month, I will turn 72 years old. It is hard for me to imagine that it was almost 18 years ago when I left my position at Intel as Vice President of Corporate Business Development. I was just 54...
View ArticleSleep Apnea and COVID 19
As many readers of my blog will know, I was very involved with a company that has developed a breakthrough device for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, http://www.sommetrics.com. That afforded me an...
View ArticleCOVID 19 Exit
The purpose of flattening the curve is to make sure the number of people requiring hospitalization including ICU does not overwhelm the system. Assuming that patients will receive the same quality of...
View ArticleSome of what I learned about Covid 19
Covid 19 took the world by surprise. Few countries had plans for dealing with the virus, but they should have. It also took a very long time to realize for the world to understand what was happening,...
View ArticleAre You Lonely Tonight
I am not lonely. Fortunately, I have a soul mate, my wife, Deborah. We are together all the time, and even that is not enough. I also have a close family and strong social connection. But so many...
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