A couple of interesting bills have been filed in Raleigh. The first makes ivermectin over-the-counter in the state of North Carolina. Similar legislation has been enacted in at least one or two other states. This bill would make ivermectin more available when hospital systems forbid their doctors and nurse practitioners […]
Category: Health Policy
“The Medical Profession Is Broken”
“Robotic, protocol-follow doctors”:
Reducing The Health Care Mess Created By Government
A couple of interesting articles reflect efforts to contain the damage caused by the federal government in the areas of public health and health care costs. First, Trump’s people put a hold on the publication of the MMWR-– the CDC’s weekly publication. Decades ago, this used to be regarded as […]
The Battle Over “Prior Authorization”
Organized medicine in the state of North Carolina is attempting to get the General Assembly to limit in various ways the requirements for “prior authorization”. This is the process that requires doctors to get the approval of health insurance companies before proceeding with expensive diagnostic tests, treatments or procedures. The […]
AAPS Response To Trump’s Election: 10 Solutions That Put Patients First
I am taking the liberty of republishing from AAPS the following set of recommendations: Reform Issues: Proposed Solutions: Conclusion: Congress has passed law after law that disrupts the patient-physician relationship, corrupts medical decision making, and increases costs. The COVID era demonstrated how overregulation and regulatory capture are a greater threat to […]
Cost Of Health Care
The answer to the problem is counterintuitive; and is directly in opposition to what most people want– i.e., insurance that pays for nearly everything. Which is exactly why we get so little and it costs so much. Free markets work. Maybe we should make doctors and hospitals compete for our […]
Corrupt Incentives To Push Excessive Vaccines For Kids
Cone Health’s Summit for “Health Equity”
Health equity are code words to denote advocacy for socialism and differential treatment accorded to protected groups. We learn from Piedmont AHEC that Cone Health is hosting a Health Equity Summit in a few months. The health system has a deep, abiding commitment to cultural Marxism and socialism.
“Original Sin” of the US Health Care Industry
A neat infographic from the Cato Institute identifies the key factor that led to so many other troublesome issues in the health care industry related to cost and efforts to contain costs. That key factor is employer-sponsored health insurance. The federal government gave employers huge incentives to provide this benefit. […]
Biden Trying to Undermine Short-Term Health Insurance Plans
Obamacare has been a disaster. It caused the cost of health insurance to increase— not to decrease as was advertised. Since Obamacare was enacted into law, there have been only two places one can seek lower cost private coverage– the Christian healthcare sharing ministries and short-term health insurance plans. Trump […]