Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine
Authors: Lee S. Gross
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2011)

Letters18 January 2011Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical MedicineLee S. Gross, MDLee S. Gross, MDFrom North Port, FL 33952.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-154-2-201101180-00028 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:The Hippocratic Oath states, “First, do no harm.” Unfortunately, Kocher and colleagues' article (1) does just that. It is truly disturbing that the peer-reviewed Annals of Internal Medicine chose to publish such a polarizing piece of pure political propaganda without an accompanying balanced editorial and no supportive references to verify factual claims. The Congressional Budget Office may not need to confirm the factual arguments of the authors, but I would certainly hope that a scientific medical journal would. Throughout the entire debate on health care reform, physicians shouted from the rooftops that the Patient Protection and Affordable ...Reference1. Kocher R, Emanuel EJ, DeParle . The Affordable Care Act and the future of clinical medicine: the opportunities and challenges. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:536-9. [PMID: 20733178] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From North Port, FL 33952.Disclosures: The author does not work at the White House. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine: The Opportunities and Challenges Robert Kocher , Ezekiel J. Emanuel , and Nancy-Ann M. DeParle Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Douglas A. Perednia Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Quentin D. Young Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Ardis D. Hoven Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Frank J. Kadel Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Albert Davis Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine John A. Goldman Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine G. Andrew McIntosh Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Robert A. Donato Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Arvind R. Cavale Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Robert G. Luke Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine J. Fred Ralston Jr. Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Christine Laine Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Nancy-Ann M. DeParle Metrics 18 January 2011Volume 154, Issue 2Page: 141KeywordsConflicts of interestForecastingHealth careLegislationPhysicians ePublished: 18 January 2011 Issue Published: 18 January 2011 CopyrightCopyright © 2011 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...