Hats off to John C. Goodman again! His work in leading the effort for market-based healthcare reform over the past … More
Category: Access to healthcare
Deflate the Healthcare Bubble!
Deflate the Healthcare Bubble! I recently spoke to a colleague who needs a cystoscopy for stone retrieval and/or stent placement. … More
4 Questions for Politicians Claiming Single-Payer Will Lower Health Care Costs – Foundation for Economic Education
Jim Kelly Unfortunately, outrage buys fewer tongue depressors than one might hope. The top health insurers averaged 4.1 percent profit … More
DPC and Self-insured Employers: Lifestyle-friendly Care for the 21st Century
http://ushealthmedia.com/dpc-and-self-insured-employers-lifestyle-friendly-care-for-the-21st-century/ In a typical insurance-based practice, meaningful face-to-face time between doctor and patient is somewhere between 5-10 minutes. Interesting, but … More
Morals Matter in Policy Making
The notion that there are only two options for healthcare… 1) Central single payer systems vs 2) The current U.S. … More
The Pernicious Impact of Government Intervention in Healthcare, Captured in a Chart
Originally posted on International Liberty:
America’s healthcare system is a mess, largely because government intervention (Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and the tax…
Obamacare is now optional
“Wednesday’s rule reinstates and even expands the consumer protections Obama curtailed. It allows short-term plans to last 12 months, and … More
Congress and the IRS have stranded patients in SwampCare
Why can’t patients use their HSAs – supposedly their own money – to pay DPC fees? Because the IRS says … More
