Paul Hsieh, MD: Why Doctors Should Not Ask Their Patients About Guns
A local colleague, Dr. Matthew Bowdish, has declared, “I will not undermine the Second or Fourth Amendment rights of any of my patients who are lawful gun owners. Nor will I record my patients’ gun ownership status in any medical records that could be accessed by government officials unless relevant to a specific medical issue.” This should be the credo of all freedom-loving physicians. Continue reading
Oklahoma Doctors vs. Obamacare – Reason.com
In Oklahoma City, there’s an alternative health care market taking shape in which hospitals offers competitive flat fee prices to self-funded companies. And it’s all modeled after the Surgery Center. Continue reading
5 Ways To Protect Yourself Against Obamacare
At Forbes, Denver physician Paul Hsieh explains five ways to protect yourself against Obamacare: Continue reading
What Do Actual Doctors Think About Obamacare Now?
Last month, in answer to the question “Which of the following best describes your feelings about the ACA?” 55 percent of more than 3,000 doctors chose “repeal and replace” whereas 40 percent said “implement and improve” it. Continue reading
Democrat Evan Bayh exposes ObamaCare’s dangerous medical device tax
The industry that gave us stents, replacement joints and defibrillators will get a dose of bad fiscal medicine. Continue reading
ObamaCare vs. Personalized Healthcare choices
Technology enabling “personalized medicine, where the therapy that’s best for you will be based on your physiology and genetic makeup – and may not be right for any other patient.” But ObamaCare blocks this. Continue reading
Government-run medicine threatens your medical privacy, leads to rationing
A band of government agencies threatens your medical privacy and doctors’ freedom to practice according to their best judgement. Continue reading
Will Obamacare Play Games With Your Actual Life?
Under new ObamaCare rules, hospitals will have a similar incentive to “game” the system to improve their Medicare statistics, even at patient expense. Continue reading
The FDA: killing promising adult stem cell research?
But instead of serving as our protector against charlatans who prey on the sick and desperate, the FDA has itself become an agent of coercion, forcibly denying us the freedom to use treatments that could save our lives. Continue reading
The Federal Governments War On Medical Innovation – Forbes
When you need advanced medical care in 2022, don’t let the government’s war on medical innovation restrict your doctor to today’s 2012 technology. Continue reading
NY Times: “Too Few Doctors in Many U.S. Communities.” Blame policies favoring 3rd-party payment
R. Posner: “Third-party payment … systematically favors specialists over primary-care physicians, because specialists tend to provide discrete procedures, which are easier for the insurers, whether they are private insurance companies or government, to cost.” Continue reading
Paul Hsieh, MD on how to survive socialized medicine
With ObamaCare confirmed by the Supreme Court, what can a person do to preserve his health under America’s increasingly socialized system of medical care? Continue reading
