Last month’s Postings: January 2018 Issue

• Featured Article: Has America’s Biggest Health Care Problem Been Identified?
• In the News: Socialism confuses the distinction between government and society
• International Medicine: Comparing International Health Care Systems
• Medicare: Doctors May Do a “Brexit” from Medicare
• Medical Gluttony: Excessive Prescribing
• Medical Myths: Why are doctors being treated more harshly than the Taliban?
• Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge: Doesn’t a Government Shut-Down save money?
• Voices of Medicine: The Opioid Epidemic—Misplaced blame!
• The Bookshelf: A Review of Books and Film
• Hippocrates & His Kin: The personal, private, confidential locked diary has morphed
• Words of Wisdom: When to begin?
• In Memoriam: Bernard Bond McGinity, M.D.
• The World-wide Public Forum: Talk Radio Dialogues Connect with almost Everyone
• Restoring Accountability in Medical Practice, HealthCare, Government and Society