Letters to the Editor

I appreciated Dr. Orman’s critique of the BMJ article "Hypnotics’ Association with Mortality or Cancer: A Matched Cohort Study" in the BloggED column ("Can Ambien Kill You?" ACEP News, April 2012, p. 27). As he pointed out, cohort studies do not demonstrate cause and effect, and this study had other serious flaws that... »

Including personal political agendas in this publication is offensive. Dr. Baehren’s personal views in "Let My People Go" (April 2012, p. 2) may reflect his opinions but hardly represent a balanced commentary. I certainly do not disagree with his characterizations of the unfair and unfunded EMTALA mandate that places excessive burden on emergency... »

I would like to respond to Dr. David Baehren’s colum titled "Let My People Go" (April 2012, p. 2). Regarding the "fuss" surrounding the access to contraception provided by the Affordable Care Act, the constitutional right resides with the individual, not the institutions that are refusing to provide coverage. It is exactly because... »

I completely support Dr. Baehren’s argument in favor of liability protections for emergency and on-call physicians, and I suspect just about all emergency providers would also ("Let My People Go," April 2012, p. 2). If only he had not muddied the waters by linking this with a discussion of the constitutionality of the individual mandate and... »

I would like to respond to Dr. David Baehren’s colum titled "Let My People Go" (April 2012, p. 2). I’ve been an ED clinician and an ED Director, each as a hospital employee and as a member of an independent, self-billing EM group. Also, for over a dozen years I was the managing partner of a regional EM group, responsible for... »

I read with interest Dr. David Baehren’s opinion piece on the EMTALA mandate requiring that emergency physicians provide free care to those unable to afford it ("Let My People Go," ACEP News, April 2012, p. 2). Dr. Baehren sees this as "economic slavery" perpetrated by the federal government against emergency physicians. 

But this... »

I agree with Dr. Baehren ("Let My People Go," April 2012, p. 2) that EMTALA is unfair to EPs. However, I completely disagree about the constitutionality of the so-called individual mandate. As an ACEP member I would like to ask you to keep political partisanship out of opinion pieces. Or perhaps I am wrong to assume ACEP is a nonpartisan... »