Two decades ago, a decision was made by Medicare policymakers that carotid endarterectomies would not be allowed. Their claim was too many were being done costing Medicare money. The following year, data revealed a sharp rise in debilitating strokes, so wisely, surgical criteria was developed recommencing the use of this quality-of-life saving operation.
For years, there have been other misjudgments against Medicare patients that are only now becoming apparent. Let me clarify …
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In his farewell address to the nation on January 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the American people about the looming “military-industrial complex” which would sway public mindset and enhance money flow from government to the defense industry. This concept persists today with the practice re-adapted and launched against the health and welfare of the American people through the “hospital-industrial complex.”
Health care organizations like the California and American Hospital …
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“Throw grandma under the bus” clearly conveys anger, sympathy, and fear when health care decisions are made outside the realm of medical professionals. Within the doctor-patient relationship, alignment of physician expertise with an individual’s personal decision should keep insurance company executives, hospital CEOs, and government authorities from interfering.
Are we naive to believe interference isn’t already occurring?
A doctor orders a breast MRI to further evaluate an abnormal mammogram, but the insurance …
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Advancing technology has allowed life to be simple. Nowadays, when you go shopping, you slide a credit card and voila, sold. Why does it seem though some things are getting more complicated?
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate is another name for Colace. We are forced to have two names for one drug: a brand name, and a generic. The pharmaceutical companies tell us they have patents mandating we live in their complicated world, …
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Over the past twenty years, Wall Street business has covertly taken over the medical profession while doctors have been distracted by a deluge of procedural, financial, and legal paperwork. A strategic plan was launched to extract exorbitant profit benefiting business, and is now mainstream without challenge from our profession nor the public.
Legal boardrooms were abuzz in the 1990s as a blueprint assault was made against organized medicine, redirecting a profession into a …
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We are fortunate in our country to have the best medical technology in the world. Unfortunately, delivery of this technology, reflected in a worldwide healthcare ranking of 37th, is a disservice to the American people and must be rectified especially when Cuba is ranked 39th.
As provisions of the Affordable Care Act are put in place, a daunting factor is the shortage of doctors who will be needed to provide this …
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