Who named “Ritalin?”

Mike Magee Last week our “somewhat-less-than-excellent” American culture took an extra Trumpian hit. But this had nothing to do with gender abuse, or separating innocent children from their desperate parents, or even moves to knock 20 million Americans off their ACA enabled health insurance. No this latest offense involved celebrities and the super-rich bribing their […]

The Roots of Compassion – Dr. Ralph Snyderman and The 14th Dalai Lama

Mike Magee The issue of “doctor burnout” is front and center at the moment. It’s not a particularly new issue. I grappled with it way back in 1980, with soul-searching sessions at the Massachusetts Medical Society at the time. The focus then was on inadequate reimbursement, but the real issues were fear, depression, and isolation. […]

The (Opioid) Day of Reckoning Is Near.

Mike Magee If you missed the “60 Minutes” interview of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, he surprised many with his list of contributors to the risk of recession. Here’s his exchange with Scott Pelley: Jerome Powell: We have an unusually large number of people in their prime working years who are not in the labor […]

Why US Women Die in Childbirth

Code Blue Receives Kirkus Star

KIRKUS REVIEW “A doctor and medical historian relies on his experience inside the medical establishment to offer a searing and persuasive exposé of the American health care system. Magee, who is on the faculty of Presidents College at the University of Hartford, has worked as a doctor, a university medical school administrator, a hospital executive, […]

Partnership to Sustain America’s Health Care Past

Mike Magee On the surface, there appears to be a fair amount of finger-pointing going on among and between members of the Medical Industrial Complex these days. But this circular firing squad has no bullets. Behind the scenes the founding MIC members are busy colluding, sharing profits and defending the status quo. Case in point: […]

“Where’s the Beef?” Water as Currency.

Mike Magee “They want to take your pickup truck. They want to rebuild your home. They want to take away your hamburgers. This is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved”, screeched former White House aide Sebastian Gorka at the Conservative Political Action Conference this week. His widely discredited remarks were called out by a […]