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April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

Recent Scope of practice wins by AMA

We have a number of scope of practice wins this past year, but this will be a recurrent and perennial “whack a mole situation indefinitely into the future I am afraid. Our Litigation center andContinue reading

April 13, 2022April 14, 2022 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

Insulin unaffordability deemed a human rights abuse

Human rights Watch has declared that the sky high cost of insulin is a human rights abuse. I agree. The cost to manufacture a vial of insulin which has been available for 99 years nowContinue reading

February 24, 2022April 30, 2022 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

Covid deaths top 970,000

We have passed 960,000 deaths for the past 2 years now, an unconscionable loss of life, and a failure of the US health care system. Public health needs to be rebuilt and should never beContinue reading

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

Women’s reproductive rights under assault

A womens reproductive rights are under assault, and may very well erode further if the supreme court reverses Roe V Wade The AMA has been vigorous in defending the right of a women and herContinue reading

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

Private practice declines, 70% of all physicians now employed

  Physician practices are under increasing strain, from low insurance reimbursements, high operating costs, reduced visits from Covid, competition from large corporations, so that in the past few years alone private practices have declined fromContinue reading

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

Supreme court preserves the Accountable care act (again)

The US supreme court today rejected for a third time attempts to remove the accountable care act, 7-2 decision. In no other country on earth would taking away health care be considered a viable politicalContinue reading

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

Primary care practices under severe financial strains with COVID

Primary care physicians are in danger of closing offices due to COVID and limits on practice. this will soon be a public health crisis as many physician practices can not survive with current payment models.Continue reading

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

Many Physician office are closing practices

The coronavirus is wrecking havoc on our health care system, exposing many flaws in health care delivery, from public health deficiencies, to supply problems, to financial strains of primary care, with as of now 40,000Continue reading

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

New ideas to fight high drug prices

Sick of high drug prices, insurers join hospitals to make their own generic medications Some new innovative way of fighting high drug prices. Some insurers and pharmacies planning on making there own generics at muchContinue reading

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Mario Motta, MDIn the News

Why U.S. spends so much on health care: Learn from world comparisons

The U.S. spends more on health care than any other country in the world, and the gap between American spending and that of comparable nations isn’t particularly close. In the first part of his keynoteContinue reading

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Asteroid 133537mariomotta was discovered 2003 Oct. 7 by L. Buzzi at Schiaparelli. It was awarded to Dr. Motta by the International Astronomical Union, as recommended by the American Astronomical Society. Read More about “My Asteroid”…

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Selected favorite astroimages of mine. Read More about “Astronomy Gallery”…

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This page shows you stages in the construction of my latest telescope, a 32-inch diameter main mirror, with 5 corrector lenses. It is a 4800 mm focal length f6 when used as a camera. Read More about “Telescope Making: The 32″ Telescope and Observatory”…

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