[From longhand notes by Dr. Jane Orient, with her editorial comments in red type in brackets.] After 15 minutes of anticipation, greetings, and applause, Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress began about 8:15 […]
Spokesmen for the Democrats’ “health care reform” proposals say that all those ordinary-appearing Americans waving hand-made signs are either operatives of powerful vested interests, especially insurance companies, or “political enemies” bent on destroying the Obama […]
On Aug 28, the Obama Administration hosted a nationwide call-in for physicians, in which more than 1,900 physicians participated. It was said to be “closed to the press” so that a “conversation” could occur.
The phrase “death panel” does not actually occur in any of the proposed “health care reform” bills. MoveOn.org has seized on Sarah Palin’s characterization of the outcome of “reform” in its mass email piece entitled […]
Everybody in a country with “universal health care” has a “right” to health care, but Americans do not—or so it is argued. “Health care reform” is supposed to correct a moral deficiency in the United […]
2009 Access to Care Survey posted 3/22/2010 Of 518 physicians responding to our 2009 survey on access to care, 4% reported being not enrolled in Medicare; 21%, opted out; 59%, participating; and 10%, nonparticipating. Of […]
The usual response to concerns about the months-long waiting lists for surgery in Canada and Britain is that this is a mere inconvenience, a small price to pay for universal “free” care. If you have […]
Based on 173 deaths in the Harvard Medical Practice study, and extrapolating to the entire U.S. population, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has been claiming for almost a decade that as many as 98,000 Americans […]
In a meeting with some directors of the Pima County Medical Society in May, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) said that his “health care reform” plan was the one with the best chance of passage. It […]
Another Democrat – Rep Barney Frank of MA — finally admits that the “Public Plan” provisions in the health care bills are intended to lead the U.S. to a single-payer, socialized system. “The best way […]
