Recovering from a long, awful week and hoisting a few with Will Shakespeare.

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One of my heroin users got clean!!!

Yay!

The guy is seventy years old and has been using for over 40 years! Clean & sober for 1 month!

He's so happy. He said he forgot what it was like to not be high. He's loving his life again...

I could just burst!...

Merciful Jesus, what a crazy day in clinic!

Saturday, January 4th. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.

Obamacare news from the field:

Had to leave work early today. I caught Mrs. Aristus's bug and it's doing its work.

BUT!...

Before I left at lunchtime, I saw 11 patients, four of whom had their new ACA policies in effect (Washington State's health insurance exchange, Apple Care). I was able to send out appropriate prescriptions to their pharmacies, instead of settling for whatever $4 medications might have helped, or scrounging around in our (ever-diminishing) stash of donated meds.

I referred three patients out for diagnostic imaging, whch they don't have to pay for out-of-pocket, or apply for financial aid for.

And I referred 2 patients out for specialty evaluation and treatment, all covered under their new policies.


If all continues to go well, I predict single-payer health in the US within 5-7 years...