Non-compete agreements are eroding the physician-patient relationship. These agreements—common in Texas—deny 45% of American physicians the ability to work at multiple care sites, open their own practices, offer free care to indigent populations, or continue treating their patients unless they relocate—sometimes hundreds of miles—from their former employer.
Signing Blank Checks with EpiPens
I prescribed EpiPens yesterday, knowing they are overpriced. But I was shocked by how much. This EpiPen I prescribed is for a mother who watched her 11-year-old son break out in hives from an insect bite on his arm. The hives then spread over his body. This time, fortunately, the hives did not spread to...