A quiet revolution — and a helping hand
By Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D.
Published: Thursday, November 17, 2011
Revolutions are usually pretty noisy affairs — arriving, as they often do, on the heels of military battles and political upheaval.
But some revolutions, much like the fog in Carl Sandburg’s epic poem, come to us — quietly, unannounced.
That might be the case for one of the most profound revolutions of our time — personalized medicine made possible by the mapping of the human genome. To be sure, the 2003 National Institutes of Health announcement that the genome-mapping project was complete came with much fanfare, quite properly so. For the first time, we could understand the working components that defined and regulated life.
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Dr. Burgess appeared on Fox Business' Scoreboard with David Asman to discuss Secretary Chu's hearing with the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
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Dr. Burgess appeared on Fox Business' Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano to discuss the Energy and Commerce Committee issuing subpoenas to the White House and Office of the Vice President for internal communications related to Solyndra.
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Dr. Burgess appeared on Fox Business' Cavuto to discuss the Energy and Commerce Committee subpoenaing the White House for internal communications regarding Solyndra.
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Accountable Care Organizations — a debacle of enormous proportions
By Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D.
Published October 17, 2011
You could feel the excitement in the air at the Office of the Federal Register in late March as the administration was finally releasing its widely anticipated proposed rule on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Physicians, group practices, hospitals and nurses all rushed to get a copy of the rule, several hundred pages long, and eagerly reviewed every nuance. After providing CMS reams of input on what works in their localities, they got nothing — less than nothing, a pariah.
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Hospital CEOs can do more than just prevent an outbreak of influenza in their facility this flu season: They can and must take action against antibiotic resistance, an urgent public health problem that affects us all.
What does the flu have to do with antibiotic resistance and what can a hospital CEO do about it?
Plenty as it turns out.
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The easiest money to save is that you have not yet spent. So, why not start reducing the deficit by eliminating the Washington spending that is slated to begin in the future but that we can no longer afford? Seems like common sense. In fact, the Joint Select Committee on Budget Reduction could easily achieve nearly its entire target of reducing the nation’s deficit by $1.5 trillion and, most surprisingly, almost every dollar would come from benefits that do not yet exist. Sound too good to be true? It’s actually very possible.
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