This whole issue of “surprise bills” is a symptom of a more pernicious economic disease which has been driving prices in healthcare for decades; that being, a lack on discoverable, actionable meaningful prices for bundled medical services. Moreover, the lack …
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Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base – ScienceDirect
“The benefits of carbohydrate restriction in diabetes are immediate and well documented. Concerns about the efficacy and safety are long term and conjectural rather than data driven. Dietary carbohydrate restriction reliably reduces high blood glucose, does not require weight loss …
Propaganda, Pandering, and Politics – AAPS | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
“It sounds so virtuous to insist that “healthcare is a right.” Thus, if you do not believe medical care should be free, you are not a moral person. This technique echoes Aldous Huxley’s view that “the propagandist’s purpose is to …
The Sorry State of Healthcare Financing: “But I Didn’t Get the Memo!”
You pull into a Gas Station and discover that there are no prices listed on the pump, just a slot to insert your auto insurance card…only to find out your State Farm policy is not part of the gas station’s …
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How Medicare Ruined American Healthcare | Medpage Today
Regarding the King-Anderson bill, the forerunner of Medicare, touted by JFK which eventually was defeated in the Senate… “Edward Annis, MD, spoke eloquently to an empty Garden and to one of the biggest TV audiences of the times. He explained …
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FDA Approves First Drug to Treat Medical Burnout | Medpage Today
“Idongivafumab’s unique ability to target and inhibit C-suite peptides, as well the entire electronic health record (EHR) cascade, represents a quantum leap in burnout science,” Palmer explained in a statement. “Clinical test subjects also noted a marked decrease in symptoms …
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Sleep Medicine Specialist to Provide Direct Pay Video Consults to Patients in Georgia and South Carolina
For the past year I have grown increasingly frustrated as our health care system has valued payer over patient, time and time again. Even our hospital administrators seem immune to care and compassion – the bedrock of my practice. My …
FORBES | Employers Could Slash Their Health Costs Overnight. So, Why Don’t They?
“I am often asked if the free market can work in health care. My quick reply is: That is the only thing that works. At least, it is the only thing that works well. Show me a health care market …
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