NC Political Tea has an article that discusses nonprofit hospital systems behaving like large for-profit corporations. This is a theme we have discussed at this blog occasionally. She links to an article at the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal that suggests politicians from both parties are concerned. Indeed, they should be, […]
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Lobbying By The Health Insurance Industry
Chip Roy via Breitbart: Now, it may surprise people to know the healthcare industry spends almost three-quarters of a billion dollars on lobbying Washington every year. That’s six times more than the defense industry. Why? Because they want that free money…. That is a great illustration of why we have […]
The Raleigh Republicans’ Assist To Corporate Employers of Physicians
The General Assembly passed a bill— HB 67– that does several things. The bill runs 48 pages. Senate candidate Don Brown recently discussed it on OAN. He focused on the part of the bill that opens the floodgates for many more foreign-trained physicians to be employed by hospital systems in […]
Major Pediatric Organization: “Medical Fascism”
Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that requests for religious exemptions to vaccines no longer be honored. Pediatricians gain financially from the administration of vaccines– sometimes handsomely. David Bell, Brownstone Institute: The AAP will almost certainly continue its path of child polypharmacy, blind adherence to protocols based on […]
Another Trump Unforced Mistake
The big vision? To share our health data electronically with big tech companies. That includes medical records, data from “wearables”, etc. The idea is that this sharing of data will somehow result in health improvement. It appears there are some major political donors likely pushing for this. It is yet […]
Great Presentation On Trump’s “Fascism”
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Couch/ Summerfield Gets Greensboro Approval
This is an important first step in the city of Greensboro’s process. David Couch had the first phase of his project approved last night with the Greensboro Planning and Zoning Commission. The handwriting on the wall has been visible for some time. There was little doubt that Greensboro would approve. […]
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 […]
Beating the Drum For A Pro Hockey Rink in Greensboro, Part 2
I had posted here several days ago about the efforts of a Republican Guilford County Commissioner to promote local government building a new hockey rink/ arena for the professional hockey team in Greensboro. Of course, the Greensboro Coliseum is perfectly adequate for this purpose; so certain questions naturally arise. Why […]
NC Supreme Court Accepts Case Addressing Hospital System Monopolies
WRAL reports that the NC Supreme Court on Friday ordered a trial for a case that has enormous implications with regard to the monopolies granted to corporate hospital systems in the state of North Carolina. The main vehicle for their de facto monopoly status is the certificate of need law […]