Reflections on the VA ScandalBy Andrew D. Coates, M.D.KevinMD — Dr. Kevin Pho — the popular physician blogger, suggests that single-payer advocates reevaluate the single-payer
Facing death – and hope
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, March 7, 2014A man in his 90s became very ill and was brought to the hospital
The urgency for health reform returns
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Feb. 28, 2014This week New York State of Health, also named The Official Health Plan Marketplace,
GOP intransigence accelerates health care crisis
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Jan. 31, 2014The Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s health care law, will reduce the number of
December reverie
By Andrew Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Dec. 6, 2013 December arrives under honking geese. As the last dying leaves find their way to the
Private health insurance got us into this mess
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Nov. 22, 2013 The Republican Party projects a perpetual political war against Obamacare. The talking points include
Corporate influence on medicine
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Nov. 8, 2013By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P. | WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Physicians tend to be
Why are they all saying ‘single payer’?
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Nov. 1, 2013Last week we saw a domestic national news cycle dominated by the “glitches” that
Glitches
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Oct. 25, 2013When I was young I worked as a carpenter’s helper here in rural upstate
The government shutdown and the disconnect on health care
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Oct. 11, 2013I’d like to offer some thoughts this week about the discussion over health care
A Man Who Worked Too Hard
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Sept. 20, 2013Influenza rocked our community hospital for weeks last winter just as the first snowstorms
For the health of each and all
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Sept. 6, 2013We physicians earn a place in society that yields great scientific and human insight,
