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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 Rationi ... 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". If yo ... 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: Suppose the mafi ... 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 Obama thinks ... 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 scheme * Its l ... 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 excerpt: ... ... 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 medicine. Hen ... 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 citizen and b ... 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 American citi ... 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 option for public: ... Read on »

Schwartz PJM OpEd: "Expect Less, Pay More" by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy PajamasMedia has published Brian Schwartz's latest OpEd, " Bizarro Health Care 'Reform': Expect Less, Pay More". Here's the introduction: Expect less, pay more. It's not the ... Read on »

High Noon For Health Care by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A number of health care advocacy groups have banded together to create an ad hoc coalition, " High Noon For Health Care" to oppose the proposed government takeover of medicine ... Read on »

Beware the Health Insurance Police by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In the November 2, 2009 Washington Times, Donald Lambro asks, "Is it constitutional to force Americans to buy coverage?" As he notes in his piece, " Beware the health insuran ... Read on »

PJTV: Healthcare Debate Goes Behind Closed Doors by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy PJTV's latest video " Extreme Takeover: Health Care Debate Goes Behind Closed Doors" features Terry Jones (Investor's Business Daily) and Yaron Brook (Ayn Rand Center for Indi ... Read on »

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