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The Antidote To The High Cost Of Healthcare Is Healthcare Consumerism

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Healthcare Facts Count

A recent Pew study concluded that 60% of Americans believe that the government should be responsible for providing healthcare coverage. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/10/03/most-continue-to-say-ensuring-health-care-coverage-is-governments-responsibility/ The first thing that people need to ask is was the methodology used to perform the study a valid way to extrapolate what over 300 million people really want? And second, can accurate conclusions

Tags: ACA, Affordable healthcare, Congress health care reform, Free Market Medicine, Healthcare Consumerism, High healthcare costs, Medicare for all, Obamacare, Single payor|

The Doctor Shortage: Fact or Fiction

The Association of American Medical Colleges in a recent study has projected that there will be a doctor shortage between 42,000 and 120,300 by 2030. This is a stunning number when you break down the fact that the shortage will affect primary care doctors (14,800 - 49,300); specialists (33,800 - 72,700); and surgical sub specialists

Tags: Congress health care reform, healthcare, Medical education, Physician access, Physician Shortage|

The New American Healthcare Act: Will It Bring Down Costs?

There are three things that are important to know about the new healthcare proposal known as The American Healthcare Act of 2017 (AHCA). First, it does not repeal Obamacare; second, it doubles down on one of the most expensive parts of the healthcare system by subsidizing the health insurance industry; and third, it does not

5 ways Obamacare Is Dismantling Affordable Quality Healthcare

Despite the feel good rhetoric about the success of the Affordable Care Act that is being peddled during this election season, reality has hit home for many Americans. Patients have come to know that: 1. The subsidies don’t cover the high out of pocket costs from deductibles and co-insurance. The high costs have failed to

Tags: Big Medicine, Consumer based healthcare, Corporate driven heathcare, Doctor Access, Free market healthcare, Obamacare, Patient privacy, Value based medicine|

The Healthcare Rhetoric vs The Reality

Everyone can agree that this political season has been different. The candidates and their “win at all cost“ campaigns have unwittingly uncovered what has been lurking under the surface. It is what voters have known, but have been unable to put their fingers on or wrap their brains around - the feeling that there is

The Doctors State of Independence

When patients understand that there is now a two tiered system of medicine. One driven by centralized, population based medicine underpinned by evidence based decisions that rest on the cost controlled good of the many vs individualized patient care based on the art and the science of medicine underpinned by health and wellness, they will choose us. That will be the beginning of the end of Obamacare. If we build it and let the patients know, they will come.

Tags: Direct Pay Practice, Fee for service, Free Market Medicine, Obamacare|

What the King v Burwell Decision Means for Doctors and Patients

The King vs. Burwell decision has answered the question of who stands to gain in the age of Obamacare. Justice Roberts in his opinion said it best “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them.” With this decision medical insurance companies, hospitals and other pieces of the corporate healthcare delivery system now have the scale clearly tipped in their favor at the expense of doctors the patients – the mission has been accomplished.

Tags: Congress, Corporate healthcare, Healcare mandate, King v Burwell, Obamacare, Supreme court decision, The Affordable Care Act|

Healthcare Policy: Facts vs Fiction

Living in America is about having the freedom to choose and the right to have a difference of opinion, but using political doublespeak and ridicule in attempt to shut down opposing opinion and an honest debate is about control.

Tags: Healthcare Cost Shifting, healthcare policy, healthcare reform, Medical costs, Obamacare|

The Devaluation of The Doctor and Its Effect on The American People

The announcement by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to move 50% of its non-managed care spending into Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and bundled payments coupled with the recent passage of Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (H.R.2) the repeal of the so called ‘doc fix’ will lead to the end of private healthcare, narrow the range of medical services offered by physicians, and increase the cost to patients and taxpayers. There are many truths about The Affordable Care Act that can no longer be denied: It is not affordable; it is not patient centered; it limits access to care; and it has not decreased medical costs. It will become obvious as the law continues to be implemented that It will lead to the end of the independent private physician. The days of the solo practitioner and small group practice are numbered.

Tags: Board Certified Physicians, Defunding Obamacare, Direct Pay Practice, Fee for service, H.R.2, healthcare delivery, healthcare policy, healthcare reform, medicare, Repeal of the Doc Fix, The Affordable Care Act|