Doc Thought

The government -corporate medicine actors just keep on lying -- the same tired old lies that we've heard for over a hundred years that somehow freedom lets us down and that they, for our own good, need to use force in some market.   Force, which is the ONLY mechanism of government can NOT yield good in any market, especially healthcare.  This has been demonstrated, sadly, over and over and over. The below is very insightful information from Dr. Keith Smith, found at his page. 10 Health Care Myths, and the Truth 1). It is expensive to provide health care. It actually is not that expensive. What most hospitals charge for healthcare is another matter altogether. Even the supply costs are not that expensive and as a health care facility owner/manager I can speak from experience. Understand that medical facilities are not economically unlike utility companies that incur high fixed costs at startup, but once they are up and running, the additional cost of addin...

A good quote from Dr. Keith Smith: " Corporate hospitals didn’t support Obamacare because it would help the poor and uninsured.  They supported it because they would have guaranteed payment for every person who came through their doors, direct payment from the taxpayers in many cases, with no need to deal with reluctant paying or unsatisfied patients.  How’s that for a business plan, where you get paid whether the customer wants your product or not (insurance) and whether the patient is satisfied with their service or not (hospitals)?"