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Producer Michael Moore could have used my conversation this afternoon with a CareFirst representative for his documentary “Sicko“: Me: “I just want to know why I received an explanation of benefits 18 months ago that said the patient responsibility was zero, and now all of a sudden I have to pay $2,600.” CF: “All the…

From a “Washington Post” article on Michael Moore’s “Sicko” which got plenty of buzz at the Cannes Film Festival: The movie asks, very pointedly: Why does one of the richest nations of Earth have a health-care system that leaves 50 million Americans without coverage? And for those who have insurance, what’s the deal with those…

Speaking of health-care issues and our medical system, a great book to check out is “What You Don’t Know Can Kill You” by physician-author Laura Nathanson. The book is dedicated to the memory of her husband, Chuck, who died in 2003, less than three years after half a dozen doctors missed or misdiagnosed his rare…

Thanks to reader Larry Parker who wrote the following message on my “Oprah at Wellesley” post: Creative visualization, or “The Secret,” or the Law of Attraction–or whatever you want to call Oprah’s philosophy–is not inspiring for those of us with depression. It is nothing short of monstrous. If I were to try to visualize what…
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