A primary care physician by training, my passion is researching and writing about the importance restoring patient centered care, supporting independent private physicians, promoting free-market solutions and seeking sustainable fiscal policy in healthcare.
Author: Robert Nelson, MD
Trump’s new rule will give businesses and workers better health care options – CNN
A HUGE WIN FOR THE LABOR MARKET AND A STEP TOWARDS ENDING JOB-LOCK! This is one of the most positive and substantive changes in healthcare policy to come out of Washington, D.C. in the past 40 years. It finally pierces …
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Homelessness and the Failure of Urban Renewal | Mises Wire
In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its …
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Watch “Milton Friedman – The Robber Baron Myth” on YouTube
“Robber Barons will always be with us. The crucial question is whether we have a form of economic organization in which one robber baron keeps the other robber baron in check. Or whether we have a form of political & …
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Two Ways Our World Resembles “1984” – Foundation for Economic Education
Welcome to another edition of Friday’s Philosophical Foray beyond Healthcare. Today’s foray comes to us via a thoughtful article by Jon Miltimore, managing editor at Foundation for Economic Education. “Truth, we see, does not exist in Oceania, the totalitarian …
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Musings and Mentions
As we continue to examine the outcomes of socioeconomic initiatives throughout our history, it becomes apparent that society’s benefits are not necessarily derived from good policies as much as from the absence of bad ones. – Robert Nelson
Wheel of Misfortune: The Fix
Healthcare Transparency initiatives like the Alexander-Murray bill are getting a tremendous amount of press lately; deservedly so. But are these measures a fix or a baidaid? Keep in mind, out-of-network “surprise” bills would not exist if not for the market …
Pillars of the FMMA | Free Market Medical Association
1. PRICE PRICE is NOT a product. CARE is the product. Selling access to pricingis anti-free market. Discount brokers” who get paid by selling “savings” are not transparent. 2. VALUE VALUE is established when the buyer and seller agree on …
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