At the Core, Tuskegee Has Never Been Resolved
BY MIKE MAGEE July 25, 1972 was fifty years ago this week and it is a day that all AP Science journalists know by heart. […]
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THCB Gang Episode 98, Thursday July 21, 1pm PT 4pm ET
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday July 21 will futurist Ian Morrison (@seccurve); medical historian Mike Magee (@drmikemagee); and fierce patient activist Casey Quinlan (@MightyCasey) You […]
M4A as a Swing Issue
BY MIKE MAGEE “There’s common ground there—not the warm belonging of full creedal agreement, perhaps, but a place, even a welcoming place, where we can […]
THCB Gang Episode 96, Thursday June 16, 4pm ET 1pm PT
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday June 16 are medical historian Mike Magee (@drmikemagee); patient safety expert and all around wit Michael Millenson (@mlmillenson); […]
THCB Gang Episode 93, Thursday May 26 1pm PT, 4pm ET
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday May 26 are medical historian Mike Magee (@drmikemagee); Suntra Modern Recovery CEO JL Neptune (@JeanLucNeptune); and be fierce patient […]
THCB Gang Episode 89, Thursday April 28, 1pm PT 4pm ET
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on April 28 for an hour of topical and sometime combative conversation on what’s happening in health care are: […]
Dara’s “Hero Quest”: How About Embracing Universal Health Care in America?
By MIKE MAGEE Joseph Campbell, who died in 1987 at the age 83, was a professor of literature and comparative mythology at Sarah Lawrence College. […]
Ukraine’s Secret Weapon – “Moral Superiority”
BY MIKE MAGEE Two hundred and ten years ago, on September 7, 1812, a Putinesque commander, narrowly won a battle, but lost a war and […]
THCB Gang Episode 86, Thursday March 24th, 1pm PT 4pm ET
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang at 1pm PT 4pm ET Thursday for an hour of topical and sometime combative conversation on what’s happening in […]
Reflections From the Ukraine
By MIKE MAGEE The English translator of Tolstoy’s epic Russian novel, “War and Peace”, Richard Pevear, writes in his introduction, “The book is set in […]
Will Microbes Finally Force Modernization of the American Health Care System?
Mike Magee MD Science has a way of punishing humans for their arrogance. In 1996, Dr. Michael Osterholm found himself rather lonely and isolated in […]
Does Digital Health Technology Have a “Famous Trio” in the Making?
By MIKE MAGEE Yale historian, Frank M. Snowden wisely notes in his 2020 book, “Epidemics and Society”, that “We must avoid the pitfall of believing […]
Ecology and Technical Advance
By MIKE MAGEE It is fair to say that the vast majority of Americans know more about viruses today than they did 24 months ago. […]
The Social Science of Covid
By MIKE MAGEE As we enter the third year of the Covid pandemic, with perhaps a partial end in sight, the weight of the debate […]
THCB Gang Episode 78, Jan 13 1pm PT – 4pm ET
Today at 1pm PT 4pm on #THCBGang I’ll host the double trouble of vaunted futurists Ian Morrison (@seccurve) & Jeff Goldsmith, and medical historian Mike […]
“Playing Doctor” – A Cautionary Tale From Health IT Pioneers.
By MIKE MAGEE Warner Vincent Slack, MD, a pioneer of medical informatics, was a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in the Division of […]
THCB Gang Episode 75, Dec 16 – 1pm PT – 4pm ET
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) at 1pm PT 4pm ET Thursday for an hour of topical and sometime combative conversation on what’s happening in health care […]
THCB Gang Episode 73, Dec 2 1pm PT – 4pm ET
#THCBGang is back from its Turkey day snooze! Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) at 1pm PT 4pm ET Thursday for an hour of topical and sometime […]
Can Democracy Survive In The Absence of Health Care Security?
By MIKE MAGEE In my course this fall at the President’s College at the University of Hartford, we began by exploring the word “right” at […]
What is the “Right” to Health Care Worth? It Depends
By MIKE MAGEE In my course this Fall at the University of Hartford, titled “The Right to Health Care and the U.S. Constitution”, we have […]
The “Secret Sauce” – A Comparison of TSMC and Pfizer
By MIKE MAGEE This week’s Tom Friedman Opinion piece in the New York Times contained a title impossible to ignore: “China’s Bullying Is Becoming a Danger […]
In “Riding” Abortion, Is Greg Abbott Driving Texas Toward Divestiture?
By MIKE MAGEE Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been on a tear lately, and his central theme appears to be “revanchism.” Faced with declining demographics, […]
The Vaccine Brawl – A Legal Battle in Process
By MIKE MAGEE The power to mandate vaccines was litigated and resolved over a century ago. Justice John Marshall Harlin, a favorite of current Chief […]
THCB Gang Episode 65 – Thurs September 30, 1pm PT- 4pm ET
It has been WAY too long and for too many reasons (conferences, travel, a hurricane flooding out 4 East Coast guests) we haven’t got together […]
THCB Gang Episode 67 – Thurs September 30, 1pm PT- 4pm ET
It has been WAY too long and for too many reasons (conferences, travel, a hurricane flooding out 4 East Coast guests) we haven’t got together […]
Metaverse and Health Care – A View From 50,000 Feet
by MIKE MAGEE dystopian [disˈtōpēən] ADJECTIVE 1. relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice. NOUN 1. […]
Sleepless Nights For Evolutionary Biologists: A Greek Tragedy in The Making
By MIKE MAGEE In my Jesuit high school, we were offered only one science course – chemistry. I took it in my Senior year and […]
THCB Gang Episode 64 – Thurs August 26, 1pm PT- 4pm ET
THCB Gang is back from its summer break. Joining me Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) for an hour of topical and sometime combative conversation on what’s happening […]
Delta Double-Down: A Universal Health Plan Is Long Overdue.
By MIKE MAGEE On March 25, 1966, during the Poor People’s March that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Of all the forms of […]
The Backstory of a Photo That Went Viral.
By MIKE MAGEE “People might not treat you the right way or they may stare at you. But the way that you treat people is […]
Health Care Needs A Hero
By MIKE MAGEE Health care needs its heroes. I came to that conclusion this week through a roundabout route. First I read Maureen Dowd’s interview […]
Biden Should Extend a “Public Option” as a Message to “Health Care Royalists”
By MIKE MAGEE In this world of political theatrics, with Democratic legislators from Texas forced into exodus to preserve voters’ rights, and Tucker Carlson rantings […]
THCB Gang Episode 62 – Thurs July 15, 1pm PT- 4pm ET
Episode 62 of “The THCB Gang” will be live-streamed on Thursday, June 17th at 1pm PT -4PM ET. Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) will be joined by […]
A Hamiltonian View of Post-Pandemic America
By MIKE MAGEE “In countries where there is great private wealth much may be effected by the voluntary contributions of patriotic individuals, but in a […]
Health Tech: Part II –Powering Up The Vision
By MIKE MAGEE Few can disagree that, in the fog of the Covid 19 pandemic, health technology entrepreneurs have been on a tear. In the […]
Health Tech, Part I: Where We Are Going, Not Just How Fast We Can Get There
By MIKE MAGEE What will be the lasting impact of the Covid 19 pandemic? We still don’t know the answer to that question in full. […]
THCB Gang Episode 57 – Thurs June 10
Episode 57 of “The THCB Gang” will be live on Thursday, June 10, 1pm PT 4pm ET. Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) will joined by regulars: medical […]
U.S. Science Embrace of Wuhan “Gain-Of-Function” Viral Research Proved A Slippery Slope
By MIKE MAGEE The truth hurts. Eighteen months into a disaster that has claimed 3.5 million lives around the globe, the truth is seeping out. […]
Secular Stagnation – An Economic Argument for Universal Health Care Now
By MIKE MAGEE John Maynard Keynes, the famous British economist, was born and raised in Cambridge, England, and taught at King’s College. He died in […]
THCB Gang Episode 54, Thursday May 13. 1pm PT – 4pm ET
Episode 54 of “The THCB Gang” is live on Thursday, May 13 at 1pm PT -4PM ET. Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) will be joined by regulars: […]
“Necessitous Men Are Not Free Men” – Words to Remember
By MIKE MAGEE In the second half of the 19th century, Emily Dickinson wrote a short poem that could easily have been a forward looking […]
THCB Gang Episode 53, Thursday May 6
Episode 53 of “The THCB Gang” will be live-streamed on Thursday, May 5 at 1pm PT -4PM ET. Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) will be joined by […]
Time to Reboot “Medicare-For-All”
By MIKE MAGEE In the fog of the Covid pandemic, many are wondering what ever happened to prior vocal support for universal coverage and Medicare-for-All. […]
THCB Gang Episode 48, Friday March 26, 1pm PT – 4pm ET
This week (for one week only) #THCB Gang will be on Friday March 26. Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) will be joined by regulars medical historian Mike […]
Pandemic Accelerants: Life Under the “New-Normal.”
By MIKE MAGEE Confrontation is good. Governor Abbott’s “We are getting out of the business of telling people what they can and cannot do” was […]
THCB Gang Episode 45, Thursday March 4, 1pm PT – 4pm ET
Joining me, Matthew Holt (@boltyboy), on this week’s THCB Gang will be THCB regular writer Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard), medical historian Mike Magee (@drmikemagee), policy & tech […]
Moderna’s “Secret Sauce”
By MIKE MAGEE This week J&J gained FDA approval for their 1-shot COVID vaccine, leading optimists like Pfizer Board member, Scott Gottlieb, to predict that […]
Wiping the Sleep From Our Eyes: The Pandemic Plan Trump Ignored
By MIKE MAGEE When awakening from a long sleep, there is a transition period, when the brain struggles momentarily to become oriented, to “think straight.” […]
THCB Gang Episode 43, Thursday Feb 18, 1pm PT – 4pm ET
THCB Gang was broadcast live on Thurs Feb 18 Joining me, Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) were THCB regular writer Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard), patient advocates Grace Cordovano […]
No Safe Haven to be Found!
By MIKE MAGEE Can you wrestle a collusive, private, profiteering Medical-Industrial Complex to the ground by throwing more private entrepreneurs at it? Apparently not. The […]
Women Leaders Increasingly Visible In The Fight Against Covid-19
By MIKE MAGEE, MD As we struggle to control a second wave of Covid-19, we are reminded once again of the nurses and doctors who […]
THCB Gang Episode 31 11/5 1PM PT/4PM ET
Episode 30 of “The THCB Gang” will be live-streamed on Thursday, November 5th. Tune in below! Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) will be joined by our regulars: CEO […]
THCB Book Club, October: Mike Magee, Code Blue
Dr. Mike Magee has spent his life inside the medical-industrial complex, eventually working at Pennsylvania Hospital and later becoming the doctor who sold Viagra to […]
Careful What You Wish For: How Republican Attorneys General’s Attack on the ACA Could Trigger Medicare for All
By MIKE MAGEE Cautionary tales are timeless. Take for example Aesop’s Fables, from 620 BC, which included the advisory, “Be careful what you wish for […]
The Trump COVID Legacy: Bad Timing. Lots of Questions. Few Answers.
By MIKE MAGEE, MD What a strange irony. Trump decides, full-bravado, to challenge China to a trade war just months before China unwittingly hatches a […]
