Update/The Dollar, Oil and Health Care

Hello all. It’s been well over a month since I last blogged. A lot has happened that is preventing me from pontificating as much as I would like. First, I moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Cherry Hill, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia. My doctorpricing.com partners (William Short , Craig [...]

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Consumerism Cheapening Health Care? Get Over It…

People like to scoff at the idea of blending health care with shopping.  Uttering the very words “consumer driven health care” sends shivers down the spines of “purists” – your local medical specialist, whose life-saving work necessitates the confidence and ego driving the indignancy of the thought.  Does consumerism cheapen health care?  Well, yes…if you [...]

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Health Care Coverage for 40 Million Uninsured Without Raising Taxes

A solution for America’s uninsured always seems financially unsustainable.  Sure, other countries have it, but they don’t have 300 million people, vast disparities in household incomes and general wealth, a third-world country next-door neighbor with a broken fence latch, and a military.
Well, thanks to the embarassing inefficiencies present in our current health care system, the [...]

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9th Circuit Drives Small Business Owners out of San Francisco

The title of this post is a prediction rather than a description.  The New York Times reports that a three judge panel from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the city of San Francisco, CA a temporary reprieve from a lower court ruling that would’ve prevented the city from forcing small business owners [...]

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Concierge Physician for Gen-Xer’s and Gen-Yer’s

Being a simple-minded person, the best metaphor I can think of for what I’m about to describe is this: “concept car.” This is where a car manufacturer showcases radical thinking and new technology by developing a machine full of ideas, many of which will make it to market in a real car. Take for example [...]

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Private Universal Health Care vs. Government Universal Health Care: Lesser of Two Evils…

A recent NY Times article documents curiosity from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Michael Leavitt, about the Swiss and Dutch methods for dispensing health care. Before I get on my soapbox, let me say that I’m encouraged by Leavitt’s interest and willingness to truly become a student of his trade — even at [...]

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State-run hospitals in the UK resemble Calcutta

Many laud England’s health care system as one of the models that could work in U.S. A recent L.A. Times Article shows Britain’s National Health Service (which already imposes high taxes on its populous) is suffering from a $1 billion+ budget deficit and is having to lay off thousands of workers. With an already [...]

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