Marion Mass, MD

mother | a pediatrician | a community volunteer

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Category(ies): Pediatrics | Physician

I am a mother, a pediatrician, a community volunteer, a writer, and an advocate to insure a high-quality, sustainable healthcare system in America that will attract bright hardworking minds in the future.

I co-founded Practicing Physicians of America https://practicingphysician.org/ with cardiologist Westby Fisher (of MOC reform fame) in 2016. We have a fantastic diverse board, including Child Psychiatrist Brian Jamal Dixon, Pediatrician Niran Al Agba, and Breast surgeon Judith Thompson. I and PPA are true grassroots! I started this movement by expressing myself via speaking, writing, and advocating at state and national levels. I have no conflicts of interest and have not ever taken a speaking fee. As a member of The Pennsylvania Medical Society, I believe that grassroots collaborating with state societies and patient advocacy organizations is the path forward. I’m a real person and I make very real faux pas… including getting so intent on work that I end up running errands in public in my bathrobe (most of my writing happens in my robe!).

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"If I can do this, anyone can... I am a recovering soccer mom and a community organizer with an M.D. We can and should take back the stewardship of medicine for the sake of our patients and the future!"

Marion Mass, MD

"If I can do this, anyone can... I am a recovering soccer mom and a community organizer with an M.D. We can and should take back the stewardship of medicine for the sake of our patients and the future!"

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Dr. Marion Mass Takes the Fight to Washington

Dr. Marion Mass leads a bipartisan push in Washington to rein in PBMs, elevate independent clinicians, and restore transparency to drug pricing as the Pharmacists Fight Back Act is introduced at the U.S. Capitol.

This Bill Could Shine Light into the Dark Recesses of U.S. Health Care

Marion Mass, MD points out recent updates in the “predatory system of American health care.”

AARP: An Organization that Stands with PBM Kickbacks and Hidden Prices

Marion Mass MD writes how AARP’s conflicts of interest in the healthcare space explain why they advocate for policy that keeps healthcare expensive for all Americans.

Who Do You Trust to Fix Healthcare, America?

Marion Mass, M.D. asks us all to stop listening to the same conflicted voices and tell your lawmakers to listen to real physicians and not profiteering parasites.

American Health Care’s Staggering Administrative Overhead

Marion Mass MD asks where money goes in healthcare. It’s shocking, she claims, that we can’t see a good portion of it easily.

Kickbacks are the Root Cause of Medical Supply Shortages

Marion Mass, MD, writes about how shadowy wealthy corporations have been collecting government sanctioned kickbacks for decades, harming your wallet, and putting your medical care at risk.

Therapy for a Desperately Sick Healthcare System

Marion Mass, MD, on the reality of our $4 trillion-plus healthcare economy. Psst.. it is vastly more complicated and hidden than what the consumer sees.

It’s Past Time to Cut Healthcare’s Glut

Why are patients paying so much for healthcare and getting less and less every year? Dr. Marion Mass weighs in with the 30,000 foot view! First in a series.

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“Pick Your Brain” Is Code for “Work for Free”

A startup wanted a physician advisor.. but not a paid one. Why are doctors still expected to give away expertise that every other profession charges for?

Would You Trust a Physician Who Refused to Show You Their Résumé?

Physicians would never trust a colleague whose training was secret. Should medical AI be held to a different standard?

The Psychology of “Us” and “Them”

What if one of healthcare’s biggest problems isn’t policy, but the way we divide the world into “us” and “them”? A physician reflects on identity, belonging, and what the World Cup teaches us about becoming “we.”