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    The Media has been awash this past two weeks with mostly bad news regarding PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).  That was the original acronym but it got punted after President Obama’s reelection to ACA (Affordable Care Act).  This was... READ MORE

PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) has ramifications across the entire health insurance market. Besides the 10-15 million private insurance end of contract notices, now the Medicare beneficiaries are seeing the beginning of the 700 plus billion in cuts from the... READ MORE

According to the recent Presidential vote, we as a nation do in fact wish to nationalize healthcare.  We do believe that a larger federal government is the answer to our woes and finally, it is ok to ask for more taxes to enable this to go on. Bottom line prediction:  Under... READ MORE

In my prior piece, I explained that health insurance plans and government programs shield patients from the true cost of services provided, leading to expensive healthcare by creating artificial supply and demand curves.  Individual patients and proper market dynamics will lower... READ MORE

Putting Numbers in Perspective  July 27th it was announced that Stockton, California, with about 300,000 residents and a $700 million debt load, is set to become the largest U.S. city ever to seek Chapter 9 protection and file for bankrupcy. Looking at these numbers left me... READ MORE

This is the sign in the upper photo of the Wall Street Journal’s front page July 29th 2012. This appears to be the sentiment of the people cheering for the Supreme Court’s decision. Poor folks, they think it will be Medicare for all but actually it will be Medicaid for all.... READ MORE

I have considered many elements of the healthcare debate, and have renewed confidence that there are more practical ways to fix the system.  The aim of this piece is to comment on the flaws of the current health care system, prove that these flaws will not be fixed by the Patient... READ MORE

Health insurance premiums are rising far faster than inflation or wages.  Doesn’t this make it obvious that things are amiss?  Perhaps there is price fixing?  The mandate forcing citizens to buy insurance (Obamacare) merely “feeds the citizens to the wolves”... READ MORE

Dr. Kordonowy has indicated Healh Savings Accounts’s are a step in the right direction to place better personal and provider accountability into health care delivery and improve personal choice for your health care.  The following link indicates that companies are now... READ MORE

I recently read a book titled “Two Days That Ruined Your Healthcare.” In its 96 easy-to-read pages, Dr. Waters explains the start of our healthcare problem and the fallacy of false economics that is promoting it.  I couldn’t have said it better and I... READ MORE