Americans may be more worried about the costs of a major illness than about the illness itself, writes Jeanne Pinder in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Prices for various […]
In searching for treatable causes of sky-high medical costs, both government and private entities are scrutinizing the cost of hospital supplies, writes Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American […]
According to a recent survey, doctors think that more than 20 percent of medical care in the U.S. is unnecessary, writes Albert L. Fisher, M.D., of Oshkosh, Wis., president of the Association of American Physicians […]
Today, your doctor is likely to be a “stranger at the bedside,” making decisions according to the “new morality” of bioethics, rather than the traditional Oath of Hippocrates, writes Jeffrey Hall Dobken, M.D., M.P.H., in […]
Hospitals and health plans are government-protected and favored businesses, and as Americans increasingly suffer from high costs and other problems, the effects of government intervention are under scrutiny, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D, in the […]
In repealing the automatic Medicare physician fee cuts called the SGR (Sustained Growth Rate), Congress replaced it with something worse, in the opinion of ophthalmologist Kristin Held. M.D., in the summer issue of the Journal […]
In this special edition of Legislative Update, Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD breaks down the surge of opiate-related legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill. In response to the opiate abuse epidemic, Congress has put forth almost […]
Jane M. Orient, M.D. Congress recently passed, and President Trump signed, the “Right to Try” bill that gives dying patients limited access to drugs that have not yet been approved by the Food and Drug […]
By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. – http://vivelifecenter.com Free markets in medicine are not “broken;” they have not been allowed to work since 1944 when wartime federal policies began disturbing market forces. Federal control of prices and […]
Volume 74, no. 6 June 2018 In about 2000, the number of publications indexed under “transparency in healthcare” started an exponential rise, reaching about 400 per year in the past few years. Politicians have also […]
