SCHIP veto, Rossi Response

Last month our illustrious president, George Bush voted not to provide health care for 900,00 low income children by vetoing the expansion o...

Health Plans and Health Care Costs

When the CEOs of two competing health plans write an op-ed together, we know that something important is cooking. Especially if they propose...

Catholic & Secular Values in the British National Health Service

Four days ago I discussed the conflict over reproductive health care at Lutheran Health Center in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. This posting is ab...

Medicare and Health Care Cost Containment

Suppose you hired a purchasing agent to represent you in making a vitally important purchase. The agent proposes making the purchase for hal...

Is Making Employees Pay for Bad Health Habits Ethical?

Employers are desperate about health care costs. Some are dropping health insurance altogether. Some are making employees put more “skin in ...

Religious Hospitals, Secular Hospitals, and Democratic Process

A fascinating hospital purchase drama with medieval undertones is unfolding in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth ...

The Ethics of the Hospital Safety Net

Yesterday the Galveston County Daily News published an educative but heartbreaking story about the ethics of the hospital safety net. The U...

Alternative Medicine & Hospital Ethics

In today's New York Times " The Ethicist " column, the always engaging Randy Cohen provides a model terse analysis of a compl...

The FDA Considers Giving Away the Shop

The FDA is considering allowing pharmaceutical companies to advertise off label uses of drugs by sending articles to physicians. The propose...

The Ethics of the Appeals Process

From time to time ( here and here ) I write about tools that organizations can use to strengthen the ethics of their enterprise. For medica...