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Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor

Sedalia, Colorado
Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine (FIRM) promotes the philosophy of individual rights,... Full Bio
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Hsieh PJM OpEd -- "ObamaCare: A National Version of RomneyCare" by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy PajamasMedia has just published my latest OpEd, " ObamaCare: A National Version of RomneyCare". Here is the opening: The details of Congress' health care "reform" legislation ... Read on »
Challenging the Ban on Compensating Bone Marrow Donors by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The Institute of Justice has posted a video, " Challenging the Ban on Compensating Bone Marrow Donors". As they note: Every year, 1,000 Americans die because they cannot find ... Read on »
Government Cable by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy What if the government provided cable like it plans to do for health care? Watch CMPI's short video " Government Cable" for the answer: (Of course, cable is already highly r ... Read on »
The Economic Consequences of BaucusCare by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy John Goodman explains the economic havoc that the Baucus health care bill (or any variant) will wreak in his post, " The Baucus Bill Explained". The consequences include: 1. ... Read on »
Coming New Taxes by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Americans for Tax Reform lists a variety of new taxes that would be imposed on Americans if the 1900-page HR 3962 House health care "reform" plan is passed into law. Here are ... Read on »
Watkins: In Defense of Health Insurance Discrimination by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Don Watkins of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights has written a nice blog post explaining why insurance companies should be able to charge different rates for different ... Read on »
Costs Keep Rising in Massachusetts by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The October 27, 2009 Wall Street Journal includes a piece by Grace-Marie Turner discussing the fact that health care costs have continued to rise in Massachusetts despite the ... Read on »
Peikoff Videos: Health Care Is Not A Right by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On Dr. Leonard Peikoff's website, he notes: "In light of the current debate on socialized medicine, this week's podcast will be a talk on the subject given 16 years ago by Dr. ... Read on »
Samuelson: Public Plan Mirage by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In the October 26, 2009 Washington Post, Robert Samuelson explains some of the smoke-and-mirrors behind the newly revived "public plan". Here's an excerpt from his piece, " ... Read on »
Boston Health Reform Tea Party by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Jared Rhoads of the Lucidicus Project reports on the October 17, 2009 Boston Health Reform Tea Party. As he describes: I had a slot as one of the featured speakers. I spoke f ... Read on »
Catron: The AMA's Quisling Strategy by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy David Catron of HealthCareBS.com has written a nice piece in the October 22, 2009 American Spectator showing how far the American Medical Association has fallen. Here is an e ... Read on »
To Cut Your Health Insurance Costs, Move by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy How much do state-level insurance regulations raise the costs? As Steve Malanga notes, a lot. Here are a few excerpts from, " To Cut Your Health Insurance Costs, Move": ...[ ... Read on »
Swiss Update by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy John Goodman discusses the Swiss health care system in his October 19, 2009 post, " Swiss Health Care: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". One point I'd like to make is that the ... Read on »
Hillman: Kiss Your Money And Freedom Goodbye by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Former Colorado state senator Mark Hillman discusses the fundamental problem with mandated insurance in his latest analysis, " Kiss your money and your freedom goodbye". Here ... Read on »
A Small Positive by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I haven't had much positive to say about the Obama administration's health care policies. But when they do something decent, I want to acknowledge that fact. Hence, I'm glad ... Read on »
Gratzer's Broadside by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Dr. David Gratzer has written a new short pamphlet criticizing the current ObamaCare proposals entitled, " Why Obama's Government Takeover of Health-Care Will Be a Disaster". ... Read on »
Free Market Referrals by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy As the threat of a government takeover of health care becomes closer to reality, more Americans are interested in finding ways to preserve their health care outside of any gov ... Read on »
The Medical State of the Union by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Richard Ralston of Americans for Free Choice in Medicine has written another OpEd, " The Medical State of the Union". Here's an excerpt: ...The red herring that everyone who ... Read on »
Brook: Capturing the Moral High Ground by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy "Capturing the Moral High Ground" the concluding talk from a presentation given at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on September 19, 2009 by Yaron Brook during a pub ... Read on »
Hsieh in Heartland Health Care News by Dr. Paul Hsieh Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The October 2009 issue of the Heartland Institute'sHealth Care News will include my OpEd, " Health Overhaul Could Force Doctors to Quit". This is a condensed version of my ea ... Read on »