MC MD News 6/14 -- Since I can't promise to publish new comics on a regular basis, remember to send me your e-mail addresses and I'll let you know when it's time to come pay me a visit. The main page should load faster now.

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Previous Comics

		5/17/98	No Different From Buying a Car
		4/26/98	Next Year's Model
		2/22/98	I Wear Many Hats
		2/8/98	The MC Files
		1/25/98	I Never Understood Statistics
		1/11/98	As Open Enrollment Approaches
		12/28/97	I Capitated My Kids
		12/14/97	All We Ask in Return
		11/30/97	Power to the People
		11/16/97	So We Made Our Administrators Code
		11/2/97	I Had a Terrible Nightmare
		10/19/97	Managed Malpractice
		10/5/97	Managed Golf
		9/21/97	The Origins of Managed Care -- Part II
		9/7/97	The Origins of Managed Care -- Part I
		8/24/97	Our Board Review Course
		8/10/97	Just Need to Rewrite the Contracts
		7/27/97	How the Electronic Medical Record
		7/13/97	If They Could Get Their Computers To
		6/29/97	I Prepared a Little Cheat Sheet
		6/15/97	I Have Reviewed 21,268 Charts
		6/1/97	It's Time for CABAM!
		5/18/97	The Ethical Dilemmas Confronting Us
		5/4/97	The Three Ages of Managed Care (Anniversary Edition -- Animated and a 6 minute download, but worth it)
		4/20/97	100 Different Variables
		4/6/97	We Start With Specialty Guidelines
		3/23/97	I Adjust My Therapeutic Plan
		3/9/97	They Promised New Efficiencies
		2/23/97	What I Do Best
		2/9/97	First We Need To Do
		1/26/97	No New Drugs
		1/12/97	Two Reds and a Yellow
		12/29/96	Cherry Picking
		12/15/96	I Must Be Getting Better
		12/1/96	I'd Like to Prescribe
		11/17/96	They Do Well Under Pressure -- Part II
		11/03/96	They Do Well Under Pressure -- Part I
		10/20/96	Roving Bands of Administrators
		10/06/96	One Visit to a Specialist
		9/22/96	S.O.A.P.
		9/8/96	Gag Rule
		8/25/96	Incentivization
		8/11/96	Safer at Home
		7/28/96	Stable for Transfer
		7/14/96	Red Alert!
		6/30/96	I'm One of You
		6/16/96	Merger Mania -- Bigger to Serve You Better
		6/2/96	Deep Inside a Mountain Fortress
		5/19/96	We'll Make it Simple
		5/5/96	Subliminal Suggestion

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