Peter B. Bach, MD

@peterbachmd

Chief Med Officer @DELFIdiagnostic. Pulmonary & ICU doc. Tweets about health policy and grammar. Viewpoints my own.

New York, NY delfidiagnostics.com Joined April 2011

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From my friend @celinegounder. I am missing Grant too. He should be here. For his journalism and so many other things. The world became less with his far too soon departure. If he were here he would have a lot to say, including Vamos Argentina 🇦🇷
celinegounder.com/p/grant-wahl-s…

www.celinegounder.com Grant Wahl Should Be Covering this World Cup The 2026 World Cup has no public health command. The Ebola outbreak has reached 350 cases. And the journalist who would have asked the hardest questions isn’t here.

Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd Mar 24

Day 2 of don't believe social media. I wonder how concentrated this long line problem is. This is sfo terminal 1 today. Yesterday term 4 jfk looked also totally normal and was 10' through security.

Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd Nov 11, 2025

And that is assuming the interest rate is the same for 50 and 30 years. But very likely to be considerably higher given the longer risk horizon.

Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 Verified account @JessicaBRiedl Nov 11, 2025

Let's say you take out a $400,000 mortgage loan at 6.25% - and choose a 50-year mortgage instead of 30 yrs.

In return for saving $283 monthly, you will pay an extra $421,302 in interest over the life of loan.

Or if you sell at 15 yrs, will have paid off just $29,000 in equity.
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Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd Sep 2, 2025

Found my vacation read. Can't wait @Shteyngart

Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd Jun 19, 2025

Even the NYT seems to have forgotten that debt is a function of both revenue and spending. No mention here of increasing taxes as part of the solution as if it isn't a lever.
nytimes.com/2025/06/19/bus…