Insightful and fascinating glimpse into how medical science has been, and continues to be, distorted by special interests and ideological cabals to the detriment of patients.
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Hoaxes, Scams, and Your Medical Care – AAPS | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
“…we continue to have a slew of healthcare hoaxes: corporate stakeholders, legislators, and government agencies promise everything and have no accountability for their failure to keep their promises. Take the large health systems’ claim that hospital consolidation and buying up …
Lies That Won’t Die: Health Insurance Costs and Healthcare – Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
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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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 in 2017 (per Yahoo Finance). That’s taken on half (at most) of spending for-profit insurers handle. Eliminating those profits would …
David Goldhill on Cost Drivers and Price Distortions in Healthcare
Minus the introduction and Q&A, the 45 -50 minute presentation is well worth your time. Engaging delivery and compelling case to consider… the cost drivers and distortions come from HOW we access and bill, as opposed to WHAT services are …
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Bloomberg, Opinion: “Healthcare is a business, not a right.”
Originally posted on THE DIRECT PRIMARY CARE JOURNAL: “The health of Americans should not be a profit center. Health care is a right. Full stop.” That comes from the Twitter feed of personal finance writer Helaine Olen. But it could…
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Landslide Vote against Single-Payer Healthcare Confirms that Switzerland Is an Outpost of Rationality in a Statist Continent | International Liberty
I’m a huge fan of Switzerland, largely because its voters approved a spending cap that should be a role model for other nations. It’s called the “debt brake” and it has helped reduce the burden of government spending in Switzerland …
