John Columbus
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John Columbus
@cooljerdoc
MedDirectorTrinityWest ED, Residency Director, SteubenvilleOH #Pittsburghsports #ABEMCert #coreclinicalpartners The beautiful woman is my wife! #FixHealthcare!
Pittsburgh PA Joined Ekim 2009
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@PiratesTalk @JMackey_PGH @yinzburghsports Right! I was going to say 2024 wasn’t bad and that’s why last year was so confounding!
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@JMackey_PGH @yinzburghsports 2024: 32 for 143, 6 HR, 21 RBI
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@DTonPirates I listened to this on the radio after I got home from school! September 16, 1975!
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I remember this game as a kid, but don’t ever remember seeing a highlight. What a day. #Pirates
Stirrups Now!@uniformcritic
Rennie Stennett was born OTD in 1949. In 1975 he went 7 for 7 in a 22-0 win over the Cubs. Here’s his 7th hit…
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@NeilFlochMD It began the destruction of how physicians, physician if you will…..
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I am often mocked by my Wall Street friends when I tell the story of the “collapse of American medicine”. It is a direct result of two laws: 1. HITECH act of 2009 that implemented excessive cost and regulations on private practices and 2. ACA “Obamacare” law implemented in 2010. The cumulative effect of these laws was:
1. The collapse of the longstanding doctor-patient relationship as “you could NOT keep your doctor.”
2. The progressive financial failure of private practice physician who eventually joined hospital systems and private equity to reduce their debt.
3. Increasing cost of medicine as more physicians were working under the benefit of additional payments that include a “facility fee” which is awarded the hospital systems and not private practitioners.
4. The increase in administrative costs as increase regulations are a characteristic of large hospitals systems and uncontrolled and government-backed insurance mandates.
The above must be reversed in order to re-establish private practice in America.
Dutch Rojas@DutchRojas
15% of physicians remain in unaffiliated private practice. In 2010 that number was 75%. The physicians still standing are the ones who held out the longest. They don’t need employment. They need an economic structure that makes independence durable. That is a very large and very underserved market.
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God save the Los Angeles Kings for this ...
LA Kings@LAKings
If you are looking for the final score, you can just google the year when the Leafs last won the Stanley Cup. #GoKingsGo
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@hunterlemley What are the chances The national media shows that horrifying play against the Chicago Cubs when the Pirates actually make the World Series this year?
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@Dejan_Kovacevic @DanBurkett_ Absolutely Dejan, and some may believe I was part of that original crowd!
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@DanBurkett_ Pittsburgh. And they've given that for 145 years, well before the Yankees were relocated from some other city. :)
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@JoshYohe_PGH Every team in the NHL has nights when they just don’t show up….last night was the Pens night….
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@NorthShoreNine I was worried one of the signings would have a slow start…..never thought this bad….
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@ThePoniExpress Every thought you have emerges as a tweet (post) …….
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