Is Healthcare a Human Right?
Is Healthcare a Human Right? My answer, having been a general surgeon for 45 years is hell no! My healthcare is a personal obligation, and I am 100% responsible for how I take care of myself. And that is your...
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A Conversation With 46th Congressional District GOP Candidate Dr. David Pan
Since 2017, Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA) has been the House member for the 46th Congressional district, which covers the heart of Orange County, including Anaheim and Santa Ana. However, unlike the close 45th and 47th Congressional races, the 46th hasn’t...
Healthcare Company Optum Announces SoCal Workers Layoffs
Optum, a healthcare company and subsidiary of UnitedHealth, announced during the weekend that 364 healthcare workers in Southern California will be laid off between September and January 2025, with 525 being laid off nationwide. While in recent years the Bay...
The Dangerous Side Effects of Physician Burnout
This is the first in a series of editorials from Patrick Wagner, MD, offering his assessment of California medicine, as well as the bottom line of a private practice physician. It should be clear based on the lack of civility...
It’s Recall Déjà Vu All Over Again for California Gov. Gavin Newsom
Ouch. Just as he’s doing national interviews insisting that he’s not running for President, California Governor Gavin Newsom is getting hit with another recall election. I think this proves that the First Cut Is not necessarily the Deepest. “The new...
Fresno Teachers, School District Agree To New Deal Less Than 24 Hours Before Strike Was To Begin
The Fresno Teachers Association (FTA) and the Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) reached an agreement on a new contract on Tuesday, avoiding a district-wide strike that was set to begin on Wednesday. For the last 18 months, the district and...
California Loses Another 817,000 Residents in 2022 to Other States
In 2022, 817,000 Californians moved to other states. “The nation’s exemplar of liberal governance continued to shed residents at a dizzying pace in 2022, with 817,000 Golden Staters moving to other states — including 150,000 to red regions like Texas...