Michael Apkon
Health system leader, pediatrician
- Very excited to see the announcement of another transformational Golisano gift to create an alliance of children's hospitals. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
- I'm troubled by the way social media and press amplify misleading or dangerous ideas despite the ease with which the reasoning can be shown wrong. Interesting "experiment" today with AI to critique 3 such statements re: seed oil, vaxs and autism, and Biden not having PSA. chatgpt.com/share/682ddc...
- Disappointing to see @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social opining on the use of medical screening tests and trying to make something from nothing. The value of screening tests like the PSA doesn’t change whether you are President or not. There are good reasons why the test is not recommended after age 70.
- The gap in US health outcomes compared to other countries is even more shocking when you realize we spend nearly 2x per capita than the other countries in the comparison.
- As Republicans consider cutting Medicaid, it's important for the public to know that Medicaid is the only health insurance that 40% or more (higher in red states - e.g. 46% in Mississippi) of the children in the US have.
