This blog launches today, but it’s been germinating in my mind for at least 10 years. I am a full time physician for 20 years and have seen the good, the bad and the just plain ridiculous. I’ve finally decided to blow the whistle. These postings will take readers ‘behind the curtain’ to see an insider’s view of the medical profession. I warn you – much of it is not pretty. My purpose is not to highlight physician billing scams or outright fraud, although if reader comments lead the conversation there, I will respond. I will concentrate instead on what has gone wrong with legitimate medical care in America. There is not a day in my practice that I don’t confront another symptom of our broken health care system, and I am only 1 doctor. Imagine what the collective observations and anecdotes of our nation’s physicians would amount to. I hope that we hear from some of them. It is staggering how much excessive, inappropriate and unnecessary medical care is delivered – nearly all of it justif
MD Whistleblower presents vignettes and commentaries on the medical profession. We peek 'behind the medical curtain' and deliver candor and controversy in every post.