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 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2012/01/24/patient-centered-care-what-it-means-and-how-to-get-there/
Discusses Patient Centered Care

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2011/09/07/physician-payment-reform-an-opportunity-to-bolster-primary-care/ 9/7/2011  Discusses physician payment reform.

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2011/07/29/a-call-for-physicians-to-contribute-to-solutions-not-costs/
  7/29/2011  Discusses health care reform and physicians' duty to improve our system for the good of our patients.

New England Journal of Medicine   10/1/2009
Letter discussing disparities in incomes between specialists and the effect this has on our system.

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery 7/2010
Discusses changing relationship between orthopedists and hospitals

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery  5/2009
Discusses Medicare's financial crisis.

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
  3/2009
Compares today's orthopedic reimbursement to historical averages.

New York Times  1/30/2012
Letter discussing the necessity of healthcare reform.

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
  9/2007
Letter discussing compassionate care

New York Times 12/9/10
Letter regarding physicians' duty to their patients.

The New Yorker Magazine 1/10/2010
Letter discussing cost-control measure in health care reform

New York Times 12/28/09
Letter regarding marketing by health care providers.

New York Times 7/16/2009
Letter regarding physician payment reform.

New York Times  6/14/2009
Letter regarding physician payment reform.

Barrons Magazine 11/20/2010 (truncated by editors)



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