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Howard: The Medicaid Monster by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In a recent issue of City Journal, Paul Howard describes how a combination of perverse funding formulas, political corruption, regulations on private insurance, and entitlemen ... Read on »

Mammography and Rationing by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The mammography and rationing story is now big news. I don't have time right now to write up a detailed discussion. But here are a few good pointers for more information and ... Read on »

Health Care Hoops by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy CMPI explains the danger of unfair competition between a "public plan" and private insurance in their latest video, " Health Care Hoops": Do we really wan ... Read on »

Failing Grade For ObamaCare by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Dr. Jeffrey Flier, the Dean of Harvard Medical School, has just given ObamaCare a failing grade in the November 18, 2009 Wall Street Journal. He cites the current and pending ... Read on »

Mammography Rationing? by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The federal government has announced new guidelines, recommending fewer screening mammograms for women. This advice flies in the face of long-established scientific positions ... Read on »

The Deceptive WHO Rankings by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy This October 21, 2009 Wall Street Journal article explains why we should take the WHO (World Health Organization) study that ranks the US as 37th in the world in health care w ... Read on »

The Rationing Commission by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The November 15, 2009 Wall Street Journal explains how the pieces are coming together to implement health care rationing in the US. Here are some excerpts from, " The Ra ... Read on »

Reed Daly Fax Project by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Free market supporter Reed Daly has asked me to announce his current project to send key legislators copies of Dr. Leonard Peikoff's essay, "Health Care Is Not a Right&qu ... Read on »

Hsieh OpEd in Washington Examiner: Mafia-Style Health Insurance by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The November 16, 2009 Washington Examiner has just published my latest OpEd, " Mafia-style Health Insurance: An Offer You Can't Refuse". Here is the opening: Suppos ... Read on »

Beezley: Market Driven Health Care Saves Lives by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The Independence Institute has published an OpEd by Donald Beezley, arguing that " Market Driven Health Care Saves Lives". Here's an excerpt: ...President Barack Ob ... Read on »

Maine Still In Trouble by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Maine's attempt at universal health care gets less media coverage than Massachusetts'. However, the November 10, 2009 New York Times reports that it's still in trouble. Here ... Read on »

Medicare Fact Check by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The latest AAPS briefing tackles the myth that, " Medicare is the model of efficiency and fairness". The points covered include: * It is structured as a Ponzi schem ... Read on »

Lin Gilbert's Rationing Story by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Canadian Lin Gilbert tells of the wait she endured for over two years for her MRI and spine surgery, and the toll it took on her life: In Canada, health care is never truly a ... Read on »

Schwartz: HB3962, Insurance, and Preexisting Conditions by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The November 8, 2008 Boulder Daily Camera published Brian Schwartz's opposition to requiring insurers to cover pre-existing conditions. His comments are the third on the page ... Read on »

Fat In Japan? You're Breaking The Law by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In the November 10, 2009 Global Post, David Nakamura describes the Japanese anti-obesity laws in his article, " Fat In Japan? You're Breaking The Law". Here's an ex ... Read on »

Guidelines For Survival Under Socialized Medicine by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A friend who asked to be identified only as "Christian W" recently posted this excellent essay on Facebook. Christian used to live in a country with socialized medi ... Read on »

Bribing The Special Interests by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On TheHill.com, analysts Dick Morris and Eileen McGann explain the political bribes paid to various special interest groups such as the AMA and AARP to get them to endorse Oba ... Read on »

Krening OpEd: Dissent and Nationalized Health Care by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The November 8, 2009 Denver Post has just published Hannah Krening's OpEd, " Dissent and Nationalization of Health Care". Here's the opening: I am a law-abiding cit ... Read on »

Health Care By Coercive Government by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The November 6, 2009 Washington Examiner editorial, " Health care by coercive government" summarizes the major problems with ObamaCare. Here is an excerpt: That Ame ... Read on »

The Best Option For The Public by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In the November 4, 2009 Boston Globe, Jeff Jacoby outlines the best option for the public. (Hint -- it's not the "public option".) From his article, " An opti ... Read on »

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