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10. Wisdom in HealthCare: They do certainly give very strange and new-fangled names to diseases
[M]modern liberalism is something like a superbug that strengthens its pathologies in response to inadequate treatment . . .” D. C. Schindler’s Areopagus Lecture When meditating over a disease, I never think of finding a remedy for it, but, instead, a means of preventing it. – Louis Pasteur There are only two things a child […]
8. Innovations in Healthcare: Innovations will cease in Medicare-for-all
The majority of socialists understand that we have enjoyed the greatest advancement in medicine and healthcare in this country ever. Most socialists recognize that. But equality trumps quality in their estimation. If everyone’s healthcare is slightly less, that is interpreted as the rich get less and the poor get more. The animosity towards the rich […]
7. Overheard on Capitol Hill: The Democratic Socialists Goal: Free Distribution of Healthcare
Between Wilson, a Liberty/Freedom Senator and Sampson, a TSR (Tax/Spend/Regulate) Senator Senator Wilson: There seems to be a run on who can give out the most benefits and make them free. There doesn’t seem to be a limit on how much this is going to cost. Initial estimates are in the $trillions. Senator Sampson: […]
1. Featured Article: The Transformation of the American Hospital
The American Hospital: from volunteer charity to tax-exempt patronage pit. By Craig M. Wax, DO, Med Economics Blog, BusinessPresented at the annual meeting of the AAPS, Sept 20 19 Prior to the founding of the United States in 1776, the first hospital in the 13 colonies was founded in Philadelphia in 1751. Pennsylvania hospital, which […]
5. Lean HealthCare: Is based on Deductibles and Co-Pays on Every Procedure
Over my 45 years in the private practice of medicine the excessive costs we daily observed were primarily related to patient demand for additional unnecessary consultations; additional unnecessary laboratory testing; additional unnecessary x-rays; CT scans, MRI scans; additional unnecessary hospital days above that which was necessary for making the diagnosis and begin appropriate treatment. We […]
12. RestoringAffordable Health Plans by Moving from a Vertical to a Horizontal Industry:
Are in a Level Horizontal Playing Field and not enmeshed in the Vertical Hospital/Insurance/AMA/Government/Bureaucratic Complex This Will Reduce Health Care Costs at Least in Half. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IN THIS SECTION WE FEATURE FREEDOM LOVING ENTERPRISES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT IN OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP GOVERNMENTAL INTRUSIONS MINIMAL AND TO PREVENT OUR RETURN TO […]
12. Restoring Accountability by Moving from a Vertical to a Horizontal Industry:
IN THIS SECTION WE FEATURE FREEDOM LOVING ENTERPRISES, AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT IN OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP GOVERNMENTAL INTRUSIONS MINIMAL AND TO PREVENT OUR RETURN TO THE SOCIALISM OF EUROPE WE ESCAPED THREE CENTURIES AGO. Medicine and Liberty – Network of Liberty Oriented Doctors, www.MedLib.ch/, Alphonse Crespo, MD, Executive Director and Founder […]
3. International Healthcare: Health services in Canada are not free. No Minister Taylor, Canada can’t offer Kawhi ‘free’ health care
Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, July 3, 2019 Ever since the Raptors won the NBA championship, businesses across Canada have (mostly in jest) offered Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard free access to their services as an extra incentive for the free agent to resign with Toronto. Over the weekend, Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor joined […]
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11. Recent Quarterly Posting: The April Review
Featured Article: The Crown Jewel of ObamaCare Failures Greg Scandlen explains the irrationality of the individual mandate. In the News: The Health Plan of Tomorrow: Deloitte’s Business Model In general, Deloitte observes that industry transformations occur in three seven-year cycles. Health care organizations—and thus health plans—appear to be no different. International Healthcare: Canadian Medicare Valuing […]