When My Children Were Growing Up, We

I'm The Son Of A Pediatrician, And I Do Believe That The Most Important Resource We Have Is Our Kids. And I Think The Most Important Thing For America's Future Is To Invest More In Our Children.

Guilt. It Comes Naturally To Me As A Jew And A Liberal.

Vague Promises Of Savings From Cutting Waste, Enhancing Prevention And Wellness, Installing Electronic Medical Records And Improving Quality Are Merely ‘lipstick’ Cost Control, More For Show And Public Relations Than For True Change... Savings Will Require Changing How Doctors Think About Their Patients: Doctors Take The Hippocratic Oath Too Seriously, “as An Imperative To Do Everything For The Patient Regardless Of The Cost Or Effects On Others.

Having Been An Oncologist And Having Cared For Scores, If Not Hundreds, Of Dying Patients, When You Don't Have A Treatment That Can Shrink The Tumor And The Patient Will Die, It's A Very Difficult Conversation. It's Emotionally Draining.

Childhood Vaccines Are One Of The Great Triumphs Of Modern Medicine. Indeed, Parents Whose Children Are Vaccinated No Longer Have To Worry About Their Child's Death Or Disability From Whooping Cough, Polio, Diphtheria, Hepatitis, Or A Host Of Other Infections.