Governmental Idiocy

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21st Century Alchemy… Still a Failure.

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The only thing surprising about this article is that it is, evidently, surprising to the author.
* Just found this… Orthopedic surgeons may be leading the charge. Will the government listen to the experts who actually fix people, or will it tie them to the rack?** And meet my hero.
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Georgia O’Keefe

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Here’s a Georgia O’Keefe painting called “Jack in the Pulpit no. I V.” Nice.
On a completely different subject, what is it about physicians that makes us pussies? Somehow the previous generation of physicians rolled over and ate a huge shit-sandwich from the government called EMTALA. Our national organizations, the AMA, ACEP and the like, have […]


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All Your Medical News Right Here

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Hate to blow our own horn but we’ve been saying this stuff for a couple of years now and the Wall Street Journal is late to the party.

Check Here too, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and other places, and, finally, here, […]


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Consults Circa EMTALA

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PHYSICIAN TO PHYSICIAN CONSULT PRIOR TO EMTALA

Dr. A: Hey Bill, I’ve got a patient down here that has a lung mass. She has no insurance and no job and is quite distressed. She needs a biopsy and maybe surgery and chemo. Can you help?
Dr. B: Well jeez doc, my schedule is full for the next […]


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The Bill of Rights

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All this talk about a right to free health care got me kind of mad because I didn’t believe it existed under our constitution. I also thought that patients should bear at least some of the burden for maintaining their own health and paying a reasonable fee either for insurance, or to physicians who treat […]