My PICC Line

My personal journey, with aplastic anemia, through the healthcare industry

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Entries Tagged ‘New York Times’

The Bone Marrow Donor Compensation Debate Rages on

This letter from the chief executive of the National Marrow Donor Program, Jeffrey W.Chell, and the president of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Claudio Anasetti, appeared in the New York Times last week. They argue that changing current laws that bar bone marrow donors from being compensated is a mistake.
“International standard-setting organizations [...]

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Good read: Healthcare from a doc’s perspective

As noted in an earlier post, fee-for-service health care (a doctor’s financial incentive to order tests and conduct procedures) will be something addressed here in length. To be clear, the healthcare industry problems are layered, knotted and just messy. From what I have gathered in minimal experience, no one party is entirely at fault,  solutions will require [...]

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