First, labor unions in Los Angeles – the very unions that were in the forefront in pushing for California’s recently … More
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Irrational Healthcare Payment System Drives Costs And Why Payers Go Along With It | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
Our third-party payer system, by the nature of how coding & billing is contractually mandated, promotes increased health spending on … More
Bad Fiscal Policies Are a Worse Scandal Than the Panama Papers – Reason.com
President Barack Obama, on the other hand, recognizes that most of the activities reported in the stolen pages are legal. … More
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Be Careful About Replacing ObamaCare
…government attempts to mandate healthy behavior don’t work. For example, a 2015 scientific study analyzed the “Los Angeles Fast-Food Ban”, … More
Physician Shortage: An Alternative View by the Numbers | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
For the sake of brevity, I am not going to show my math. Trust me, I’m a doctor! Here are … More
Health Plan: Rubio Gets It Right – Forbes
So far it’s just an editorial. But it is an editorial that proposes two bold ideas that no other Republican … More
Health And Education – Forbes
Loyal readers already know that health care spending was proceeding moderately until the advent of Medicare and Medicaid. Amy Finkelstein … More
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