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Dr. Stephen R. Keister :
Dante’s Hypocrites and Universal Health Care

Our Divine ComedyIf we cannot influence our elected representatives, all the great efforts of all these dedicated people who desire single payer, universal health coverage will be for naught, and we must accept that the United States is little better … Continue reading

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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : ‘Citizens, There Is No Time to Lose’

Leaping on a table, a pistol in each hand, Camille Desmoulins cried, ‘To the Bastille.’ ‘Something in my subconscious clicked last night, and part of the time I lay awake considering the report in The Washington Post about the drastic … Continue reading

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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Talking Health Care in the Barber Shop

I have had experience, or my family or close friends have had first hand experience, in Canada, the UK, France, Norway and Italy with medical care and in all instances have found the care prompt, efficient, caring, and generally covered … Continue reading

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HEALTH CARE / Dr. Stephen R. Keister: The Gauntlet Has Been Tossed

A doctor makes a rare house call to visit patients in Florida. While such house calls are rare in the US, they are commonplace in France. Photo by Gregg Matthews / NYT.‘The insurance companies are money making businesses that have … Continue reading

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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : On Aging

Sir William Osler: “Pneumonia is the old man’s friend.”‘In the United States, for oh so many years we have merely warehoused the disabled, senile and near senile elderly, in nursing homes of variable competence.’By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The … Continue reading

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