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Health care: Why your stitches cost $1500 – part 2
ecthompsonmd August 23, 2013

The problem that NO one is addressing is the plethora of health care costs that are hidden from patients. How much is that bag of IV fluid? How much is that mesh used to close your groin hernia? Why is it that a titanium rod to fix a femur (thigh bone) fracture costs over $1000? While there may be more obese patients in France and Germany compared to the US, I bet that there are far more scooter chairs here than there. I would bet that we are paying more per scooter chair than anywhere else in the world. It is

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Why Matt Damon is wrong
ecthompsonmd December 26, 2011

I wanted to post this again. I think that it is important for us to understand that Obama has made some mistakes but isn’t the wimp that some Dems are saying that he is. Because Matt Damon is a star who continues to turn out hits and he is a progressive, when he criticizes the president everyone seems to take notice. In a recent interview he said, “You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would’ve been, in the long run of the country, much better.” So, in a nutshell, the problem with Obama’s presidency is

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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