The End of My Career

The End of My Career

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Stop Texting Me, Doc

Stop Texting Me, Doc

Our Health Care System Is So Broken My Physician Is Begging for My Approval

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Joel Stein
Dec 07, 2023
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For the first time in a long while, I took my clothes off in front of someone I just met. I was hoping to hear “you’re in amazing shape for a man your age.” Or at least, “your moles are perfectly symmetrical.” But Dr. Brian Mekelburg said none of those things.

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