Medicare Control of Cost - Huffington Post

Published: August 31, 2012
by Dr. Manoj Jain

As I approach my 50th birthday, I worry about Medicare not being there for me when I become eligible. I have some inside knowledge about Medicare. My parents and in-laws are patients on Medicare. As a doctor, I am a provider for Medicare, and as a public health educator I am a consultant for a Medicare quality improvement organization. Read More

Sikh Temple massacre shows violent thoughts, words lead to actions - Commercial Appeal

Published: August 10, 2012
by Dr. Manoj Jain

On Tuesday night, I sat with my children at the Sikh temple in Cordova and wondered what triggered Wade Michael Page to massacre six people at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc.

Though no one will know for sure, this much seems certain: Page had the seeds of white supremacism planted in his mind for decades. Read More

Data show football may not be safe for kids - Commercial Appeal

Published: August 05, 2012
by Dr. Manoj Jain

Last fall, I went with my 12-year-old son to his middle school's opening home football game. The bleachers were lined with parents, the smell of hot dogs and nachos wafted over the field, the announcer's voice blared, and the cheerleaders jumped out of sync. Read More

Employers have clout to reduce health costs - Commercial Appeal

Businesses get results by working directly with doctors, hospitals to change care delivery and payment
Published: July 08, 2012
by Dr. Manoj Jain

I once thought that only the federal government in Washington could effect changes that would impact the cost of health care in the United States, especially with so much attention on the recent Supreme Court decision on the 2010 health care reform law. But now I think differently. Read More

Judging 'Obamacare' depends on your situation Put politics aside and just focus on facts - Commercial Appeal

Published: July 01, 2012
by Dr. Manoj Jain

On the day the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its historic decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare, I was rounding on my hospital patients: a man on the ventilator with pneumonia who had private insurance, one elderly woman with abdominal pain going for gall bladder surgery on Medicare, and one middle aged obese woman with a skin infection without any health insurance. Read More

Family support makes transplants easier to take - Commercial Appeal

Published: June 18, 2012
by Dr. Manoj Jain

I had not recognized the deep bonds between sisters until I saw my two daughters holding each other in a long embrace after the older one returned from college.

Thinking back, I should have recognized this bond from my two patients, twin 51-year-old sisters whose first names are separated by only one letter. Both were admitted to the hospital a few months ago. Juana Boyland is three minutes older than Tjuana Boyland, their younger brother told me at Tjuana's bedside, and Juana required a lung transplant in 1997, seven years before Tjuana. Read More

Dr. Manoj Jain: Alert wife assists on doctors' diagnosis - Commercial Appeal

Published: June 03, 2012
by Dr. Manoj Jain

Often patients and families think their doctor is all-knowing when it comes to the causes of their illness and the plan for treatment. Yet, uncertainty underlies each diagnosis and treatment plan.

This could not have been more true in Jay Killen's case. I know this first-hand because I am one of the doctors caring for him. Read More