• Fontenotes

#126 How Will a Shutdown Affect Health Care

#125 Why I Don’t Like Medicare Advantage Plans- Part IV

#124 Five Reasons Why I Don’t Like Medicare Advantage Part III

#123 Why I Don’t Like Medicare Advantage – Part II

#122 Why I Don’t Like Medicare Advantage- Part I

#121 Can Congress Restore Or Defeat Abortion Rights?

#120 Starting with Good News

Fontenotes is Seven Years Old!

#119 The Million Covid Deaths Aren’t Fake

#118 When Killing Isn’t Criminal: The RaDanda Vaught Case

#117 A Glance Back and A Quick Look Ahead

#116 Looking Back & Moving Forward

#115 Who Loses Under the No Surprises Act?

#114 The Surprise Billing Problem

#113 Voices of Tomorrow and a Message of Hope

#112 A Primer on Viruses (and a look back)

#111 Why Congress Can’t Expand Medicaid

#110 Are Covid Vaccine Passports Next?

#109 Are Covid Vaccine Mandates Legal?

#108 Happy New Half-Year Day

#107 Watching the Supreme Court Case on “ObamaCare”

#106 President Biden at 100 Days Part III: Unkept Promises

#105 Grading President Biden at 100 Days – Part II

#104 President Biden at 100 Days – Part I

#103 Medicare & Medicaid: What is the Difference

#102 A Guide to Reconciliation

#101 President Biden & Health Care- The First Six Months

#100 What to Expect in Health Care in 2021

#99 Nothing But Good News for Your Thanksgiving Table

#98 When the GOP is Flippant About the Obamacare Suit Pending in the Supreme Court

#97 Does the President have HIPAA Rights

#96 Dying Alone: Lessons From My Mom

#95 Viruses 101: A Quick Review

#94 Taking Down Obamacare- Why Now?

#93 Did Texas Close Too Early?

#92 Can You Sign That Get-Well Card? Understanding Medical Privacy & Caring Friends

#91 State versus Federal Control over Health Care- Who is Running the Coronavirus Response?

#90 Are You in Quarantine or Isolation?

#89 The Long History of the Public Option- What is it and Why Now?

#88 What to Expect from Congress in 2020: A Very Short Fontenotes

#87 Healthcare in the Federal Court System: 2020

#86 Why I am Hopeful for Health Care

#85 Electronic Health Records: The Dream vs. the Reality

#84 The Math of Medicare for All

#83 End of Life Planning for Young Adults

#82 The Realities of Rural Health Care

#81 Nothing But Good News

#80 What Would Losing All of Obamacare Mean?

#79 Physician-Assisted Suicide Sweeps the Nation?

#78 Why Electronic Medical Records, and Why Now?

#77 Surprise Medical Bills- Can Washington Fix the Problem?

#76 Will Market Driven Health Care Save Us?

#75 – Vital Signs

#74 – The Justice Department, The ACA Case and the “Party of Healthcare”

#73 Controls at the End of Your LIfe- DNR and DNH Orders

#72 A Short Glossary to Terms Used in The Health Care Reform Debate

#71 Beyond the Slogan “Medicare for All”

#70 Twelve Ways the Shutdown is Affecting Health Care

#69 The Obamacare Court Decision from Texas – an explanation

#68 Your Health Information in Government Hands- the HIPAA Rule

#67 What I Am Thankful For In 2018

#66 What Does the Senate Need to Repeal Obamacare?

#65 Does the New Supreme Court Mean the Death of Obamacare?

#64 Update: What it is Like to be Dying? An Interview with My Dad

#63 Bringing Sunshine to Medicine

#62 A Reality Check on the Care – and Cost – of the Elderly in America

#61 What Are “Association Health Plans?”

#60 HIPAA Privacy Notices

#59 What it is Like to be Dying? An Interview with My Dad

#58 Antibiotic Stewardship

#57 Where is my Doctor?

#56 The Why of Hospice

#55 In Memorium: The IPAB

#54 When Your Employer is Also Your Insurer

#53 What We Will Be Watching in 2018

#52 Vital Signs

#51 What I am Thankful for in Health Care: 2017 Edition

#50 The 2016 Election and Health Care – a Timeline

#49 What are Insurance Company Subsidies and Why all the Fuss

#48 Medicare & Medicaid: What is the Difference?

#47 Beware the Conference Committee

#46 The Affordable Care Act Needs Help

#45 Reprint of Fontenotes #12 The Dark Side of the “Good Old Days”

#44 Counting Votes and Reconciliation: a Primer

#43 Twenty Five Things You May Not Know Are In Obamacare

#42 The Big Reveal

#41 The Three Costs of Health Care

#40 Do You Give “Informed Consent”?

#39 Obamacare Subsidies are (Yet Again) in the Middle of a Fight

#38 Obamacare and an Opportunity for Compromise

#37 The Problem with Market-Driven Health Care

#36 Understanding Medical Privacy: Can You Sign that Get-Well Card?

#35 What Does Tom Price Think of the Patient Perspective?

#34 Why is Replacing Obamacare so Difficult?

#33 What I want for Christmas [in Health Care]

#32 When Privatizing Medicare and the Repeal of the ACA Collide

#31 What I am Thankful for this Thanksgiving

#30 Tired of Escalating Drug Prices? Watch California’s Proposition 61

#29 Is Patient-Centered Care Always a Comfort?

#28 How Many Medicare Dollars are Yours?

#27 Revisiting Posted Calorie Counts

#26 Revisiting Medical Loss Ratios

#25 The Rebirth of the Public Option Debate- What is it and Why now?

#24 End-of-Life Counseling: Controlling Your Destiny or Death Panel?

#23 End-of-Life Planning for Young Adults

#22 Will Repealing the ACA Cure What Ails You?

#21 The Affordable Care Act 2.0: Hillary’s Plan for Obamacare

#20 John Kasich & Your Health Care – What Is His Plan?

#19 What is Donald Trump’s Position on Health Care?

#18 Single-Payer Health Care: Bernie’s Plan

#17 What Is Socialized Medicine And What Does Single-Payer Mean?

#16 1,954 Reasons Not to Eat a Blooming Onion

#15 Antibiotics: Your Choice or Everybody’s Business?

#14 From “Hell No” to “Hello”: Medicaid Expansion in 2016

#13 Santa Is Coming – Who is Getting Coal in Their Stocking?

#12 The Dark Side of the “Good Old Days”

#11 What I am Thankful for in Health Care

#10 Are Insurance Premiums Skyrocketing?

#9 Mandated Medical Loss Ratios – A.K.A. the 80-20 Rule

#8 No More Pre-Existing Conditions Exclusions

#7 Free Preventative Care

#6 Where is my Doctor?

#5 Bringing Sunshine to Medicine

#4 Do You Give “Informed Consent”?

#3 End of Life Counseling: Controlling Your Destiny or Death Panel?

#2 The ACA Survives Again- Let’s Move On!

#1 Two Things That Won’t Go Away – Even if the ACA Does