Health Care “Reform”

“Where’s My Free Obama Care?”

April 9, 2010
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“Where’s My Free Obama Care?”

Still waiting for your Obama check to arrive in the mail? Keep waiting.
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Why Health Care Reform Will Cause More ER Overcrowding

April 8, 2010
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Why Health Care Reform Will Cause More ER Overcrowding

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is going to enable millions of additional patients to enter into community health care systems that are already poorly designed, underfunded, and overcrowded.
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Let the 21% Medicare Pay Cut Stand!

April 6, 2010
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Given the political difficulty in fixing the perpetual 21% Medicare pay cut, maybe a few million angry voters will help things.
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Medicare Does NOT Pay For Preventive Care

March 27, 2010
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Medicare Does NOT Pay For Preventive Care

With all the talk about preventive care and coordination of care during the current health reform efforts, you would think that this would have been one of the primary measures in the recent legislation. You'd be wrong.
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Top 9 Criticisms of Concierge Medicine

March 12, 2010
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Top 9 Criticisms of Concierge Medicine

Many liberals have a knee-jerk reaction conniption fit when asked about concierge medicine: "Only the rich will be able to afford concierge care" and the end result will be that "fewer doctors will see fewer patients".
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Concierge Medicine: How to Escape From a Dysfunctional Medical System

March 9, 2010
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Concierge Medicine: How to Escape From a Dysfunctional Medical System

How can patients and primary care providers escape from a system that is way underfunded and way overloaded? It requires a paradigm shift in the way we reimburse primary care physicians. Hint. Gym memberships are way ahead of the curve here.
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Rush to Costa Rica?

March 8, 2010
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Rush to Costa Rica?

Mr. Limbaugh to move to Costa Rica within 5 years if health care reform is passed.
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Electronic Prescribing Reduces Health Costs!

February 26, 2010
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So why aren't the Federal government or health insurance companies rushing to compensate and reward physicians who start using electronic medical records systems with e-prescribing ability?
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Electronic Prescriptions are . . Legible, Reduce Errors!

February 25, 2010
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Electronic Prescriptions are . . Legible, Reduce Errors!

Sending prescriptions electronically direct to the pharmacy has been proven to reduce errors from 42% to 6.6%! You would think that the Federal government would be rushing to massively fund such an initiative. But, you'd be wrong.
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The NHS Spends Millions on Placebos!?

February 22, 2010
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The wit and wisdom that is socialist medical care funding.
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