Marty Makary MD, MPH
@martymakary
@JohnsHopkins professor, @theNAMedicine member, @harvardchansph alum, author of 2 NYT bestselling books. Fascinated by medical dogma
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https://geni.us/blindspots 26-09-2009 14:29:02
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Treatments shouldn’t cost more just because they happen at a hospital, Marty Makary MD, MPH writes. wapo.st/4eSKbG6
BLIND SPOTS and LIES A number of top docs are writing eyeopening books about what's wrong with their profession, why we're so sick, and what we can do about it. I've interviewed these 2 for Full Measure News Highly recommend their books! Marty Makary MD, MPH Robert Lufkin MD Blind Spots
Good piece today on the real story about Medicare &drug $$ "a design flaw in Medicare allows manufacturers of certain therapies to keep prices, and the resulting govt payments, high" But the IRA "penalty distorts launch prices and generic comp" theo merkel city-journal.org/article/a-mark…
⭐️ Joseph Marine Love this quote: ‘encourage our universities and academic medical centers to speak less as institutions and to do more to foster faculty debate on controversial medical and health policy issues.’ sensible-med.com/p/for-academic…
"It makes no sense, but our government created this crazy game. Instead of simply paying a fixed amount per procedure, Medicare pays hospitals multiples more than non-hospital surgery centers and doctor’s offices," Marty Makary MD, MPH writes. wapo.st/4bBYRq4
We’ve done enormous damage to kids with smartphones — we must ban them in schools. Marty Makary MD, MPH New York Post bit.ly/3X1NsKX
Cancer, diabetes, autism & chronic disease rates are all going up. Is anyone asking why?? Learn about the giant BLIND SPOTS of modern medicine. 20 days until the book release. I can't wait!! (pre-order: geni.us/blindspots) TY Katie😀Casey Means, MD Calley Means are spot on
👏 Chen Dun Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for this incredible - and insightful - work! Marty Makary MD, MPH Hopkins Med News Hopkins Surgery JHU Welch Center AHA Peripheral Vascular Disease Council Full text here: ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.116…
.Marty Makary MD, MPH: "Two-thirds of Americans students say they are distracted by their digital devices during class." It's time to remove cell phones from the classroom.