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Andrew Schlafly & Dr. Paul Kempen at MOC Debate
May 7, 2013
Volume 69, no. 5 May 2013 American physicians have long been acting like the faithful horse Boxer on George Orwell’s Animal Farm, working harder and harder for less and less to sustain a dysfunctional system. They are also treated like scapegoats and cash cows for government, third-party payers, and a self-appointed ruling elite intent on dictating standards and judging the fitness of physicians, all in the name of protecting the public. With Maintenance of Certification (MOC), the bureaucrats and administrators are meeting some resistance. MOC Debated in Philadelphia On April 20, the Benjamin Rush Society held a debate in Philadelphia... read more
Mar 25, 2013
Volume 69, no. 4 April 2013 As of Mar 13, 25 states were said to be participating in the Medicaid expansion provided for in the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare), according to the Advisory Board Company. This includes eight with Republican governors: Jan Brewer (Arizona), Rick Scott (Florida), Rick Snyder (Michigan), Brian Sandoval (Nevada), Chris Christie (New Jersey), Susana Martinez (New Mexico), Jack Dalrymple (North Dakota), and John Kasich (Ohio). There is some resistance from state legislators. For example, Arizona Republicans are arguing that the hospital assessment required in the proposed bill is a tax increase, and thus, by... read more
Mar 1, 2013
Volume 69, no. 3 March 2013 We often hear about the phenomenal exponential growth of digital technology, with the implicit assumption that the doubling will continue—unlike exponential growth phases in nature, which are part of an S-shaped curve—and that it is an unmitigated blessing. The amount of paper in a print-out of a patient’s chart and the amount of data one is required to gather also keeps doubling. It reminds me of the 1797 poem Der Zauberlehrling by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the Disney animation (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” in Fantasia). The apprentice calls up spirits to animate a broom... read more
Feb 11, 2013
Volume 69, no. 2 February 2013 Before a live crowd of about 1 million persons Barack Obama gave a second inaugural address filled with portent. The nation is deeply divided. The most striking visual representation, in three dimensions, shows Obama’s strength primarily in areas of dense population; outside of California and New York, he won the rest of the country by a mere 64,000 votes (Paul Murphy, American Thinker 12/6/12). The great divide appears to be between the producers (“makers”) and dependents (“takers”), including the affluent class of government workers and seekers of social justice. There was, however, no conciliatory... read more
Dec 21, 2012
Volume 69, no. 1 January 2013 Physicians are paid a pittance by Medicaid, but this does not mean the program is parsimonious or bankrupt. Some deplore entities that turn a profit from providing healing and life-saving services, but where is the outrage about using tax revenues intended to care for the poor to create and sustain a hugely profitable cartel that is bankrupting government and squeezing out independent practices and small insurers? Where are the investigative reporters, the inspectors general, and the auditors to follow the flow of funds? The Role of Medicaid in “Reform” Medicaid “now plays a vital... read more
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