Central planning in healthcare is destroying health care. The solution is not more central planning, but less.

Abortion is a hot-button issue. To people of the pro-life side of the debate, abortion is nothing less than the legally condoned murder of innocent babies. To people on the pro-choice side, the opponents of abortion want to enslave women by claiming literal ownership of their bodies. There are people in the middle of the [...]

Although doctors have been able to perform surgeries on babies before their birth for the last 20 years, it has only recently become an option that could be practiced more frequently in the near future. Currently, the risky nature of a surgery to a pregnant mother and child has limited the use of this practice [...]

Think back to the last time you went to the doctor. Were any tests run? Did the doctor seem to guess at what was wrong? Were you prescribed medicine that didn’t work or you didn’t need? It seems that any more, when you visit your doctor, you are really being treated by your insurance company. [...]

There has been a lot of recent news about a possible HPV Vaccine mandate in several states. For those of you who do not know what I am talking about, HPV is the Human Papilloma Virus that has been linked to cervical cancer. It’s a virus that a lot of sexually active adolescent girls in [...]

If you are at the age where you qualify for Medicare, then you undoubtedly understand how difficult it may be to manage your medications and prescriptions. The government’s Medicare program is a terribly complicated thing comprised of four parts - A, B, C, and D. Medicare Part A is for hospital care. Medicare Part B [...]

Some people have suggested that one way to prevent the wasteful costs of healthcare is to have a menu of treatment options, with their costs, that is presented to the patient. For example, when you are admitted to the hospital as an inpatient, the physician typically orders tons of tests, medications, and nursing orders. Most [...]

The theme of my last several posts has been the profit motive inherent in the medical system. Many parties appear to be responsible for this including industry and the physician’s lobby. I submit that the most responsible party is the consumer. The consumer is the one who demands the most advanced procedure, the best medicine, [...]

Former nurse and retired attorney S.J. Robinson, author of The Price of Death, has practiced law dealing with medical malpractice and insurance companies over the last 30 years. Her book focuses on issues such as health insurance reform, oversight for prescription drug production, and the growing power of healthcare conglomerates. For more information about Robinson [...]

I previously wrote about the EOB and how insurance companies try their many tricks to decrease reimbursement to physicians. Most physicians do not fight back. Some do. Medical Economics has highlighted the plight of one physician who has been fighting back. Their story is about a Chicago ENT surgeon who brought a lawsuit against an [...]