“For every dollar the nation spends on health care, 50 cents is wasted.”
Medical waste is through the roof, and a recent report by CNN shows how out-of-control it’s gotten. Patients, even insurance companies, are paying through the roof for things like toothbrushes and Tylenol. Perhaps this is another reason why concierge medicine is growing so [...]
Doubling Down
National Review Online: Critical Condition
By Grace-Marie Turner
March 3, 2010
The president’s determination to enact his collectivist health-reform agenda at any political cost despite overwhelming public opposition is unprecedented in modern times.
Today, Mr. Obama is expected to say he will not heed the will of three-quarters of the American people who either want Congress to stop [...]
Summit Standoff
By Grace-Marie Turner
The consensus among most pundits and reporters was summed up by The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan in her column today: “Boy, that didn’t work.”
The White House expected a slam dunk, building on what it considered a triumph at the House Republican retreat in Baltimore a month ago, so it could convince [...]
The healthcare debate rages on, literally. President Obama’s healthcare summit held yesterday accomplished one thing and not much more. It reaffirmed how obvious the philosophy of congress truly is “politics as usual.” There were no compromises made regarding healthcare, no disputes settled, and no purpose in the end. After seven hours of debate and arguing, [...]
Dr. Chan sees changing healthcare field drastically affecting patient-doctor relationships
Phoenix, AZ February 23, 2010: Dr. Kevin Chan, a practicing Phoenix physician, recently brought patients together to tell them things in his office were changing. Instead of hustling to see as many patients as possible a week, Dr. Chan had decided to add a new service [...]
President Obama is pushing hard this time for healthcare reform, and it’s his personal healthcare plan that has people talking. Of course, talk is just that, talk, and the blogs, newswires, and talk shows are all a flutter with this new healthcare plan. And while we focus on concierge medicine and personalized attention here, we’ve [...]
The physician shortage is no mystery or surprise to anyone who follows healthcare news. It’s a disaster that is about to hit us extremely hard, especially once the healthcare reform bill begins to take effect. When that happens, and millions of uninsured Americans are instantly able to visit a physician, there simply won’t be enough [...]
Last time, we told you about insurance premiums skyrocketing through the roof. Insurance companies, mainly Blue Cross, is set to raise premiums as much as 30 percent in some areas, and that’s on top of the 10 to 20 percent increases that plagued American’s in 2009. President Obama has been criticizing big insurance companies for [...]
Health insurance premiums are going up, and going up fast. Consumers around the nation are getting hit with premium increases up to 15 percent, unless you live in California, where in just a few days you’ll be hit with increases of up to 30 percent! Maine will also see an increase of up to 23 [...]
Medicare Cutting Physician Salary by 21%
Do you think doctors make a lot? According to the national trends, most people to think doctors make a very good living, and concierge medicine practices are strictly in it for more money. Reality check; family physicians see from 100 to 200 patients a week, which, at only 15 minutes per patient, is roughly 50 [...]
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