#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?
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?
#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
#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?
#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?”
#59 What it is Like to be Dying? An Interview with My Dad
#54 When Your Employer is Also Your Insurer
#53 What We Will Be Watching in 2018
#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
#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
#5 Bringing Sunshine to Medicine
#4 Do You Give “Informed Consent”?
#3 End of Life Counseling: Controlling Your Destiny or Death Panel?