“The amount that Medicare pays has nothing to do with the value of the treatment. Doctors have been under a … More
Category: Medicare
Why Contraceptives Are Important | John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog | NCPA.org
But here is something else that should be of interest to all of us: why would Congress pass a law … More
Cowboys and Claim Forms: How My Practice Came To Be – by Robert Nelson, MD
by Robert Nelson, MD – http://www.mydocpps.com Whether it was Doc Adams on Gunsmoke removing a bullet from a cowboy lying on a … More
Can ObamaCare Be Fixed? | John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog | NCPA.org
It’s a 2,700 page bill. There are 20,000 pages of regulations. Major provisions seem to change every other week. And … More
The Road to Serfdom is Paved with Good Intentions – By Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD
Physicians are regulated and disciplined by the medical boards of the states in which they practice. Nonetheless, the federal government … More
The Sorry State of Health Economics | John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog | NCPA.org
…there are no real prices in the conventional health care system. There are only artificial “reimbursement rates,” negotiated or imposed … More
Obama Should Stop Taking Credit: Health Savings Accounts Are Driving Down Costs
But Obamacare has just gone into effect this year, almost a decade after that slowdown in health costs first appeared, … More
Disruption of the Healthcare Syndicate – By: G. Keith Smith, M.D. – http://SurgeryCenterOK.com
“…This coercive, anticompetitive system has survived to this day, under government protection, resulting in the runaway costs and obscene corporate … More
