In January 2009, President-elect Barack Obama said his administration would push the healthcare industry to implement universal use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for all Americans within [...]
Category: Obamacare
Should you pay any attention to those “Top Doc” lists?
Every year, glossy metro magazines parade out their annual lists of “top” and “best” doctors. These lists make money for the magazines. And they provide PR fodder for business-savvy health [...]
Your best bet for low back pain, “hands down”
A new study published in the medical journal Spine found that spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) used by chiropractors and physical therapists is far more effective for treating back pain than [...]
Don’t trust all the government buzz about saving the bees and the monarch butterflies
A few months back, I told you about the terrible toll pesticides and genetically modified (GM) crops take on the monarch butterfly and honeybee populations. Well, last month the Obama [...]
More unaffordable costs of the “Affordable” Care Act
Last year, the U.S. government gave generous subsidies to encourage people to sign up for Obamacare. In fact, according to the LA Times, nearly nine out of 10 Americans who bought new healthcare [...]
Protect your remaining heath freedoms
Today we observe the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which declared that the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is self-evident. Or should be. And you may not [...]
Did you get your $2,500 savings yet?
Back in 2008, Barrack Obama–a first-term senator, community organizer, candidate for president –claimed his new healthcare plan would reduce the typical family’s annual health [...]
Lamestream press gets it right about vitamins, but they’re all wrong
Your dietary supplements are under attack from all sides. And the Forbes financial reporter who shamefully dismissed the importance of vitamin D is just one recent example. Clearly, the article [...]
The worthless website is just the beginning of our problems…
For the last month, the lame-stream media has focused on all the problems created by the totally incompetent HealthCare.gov website. Yes, we all know the website doesn’t work. Uninsured Americans [...]
Memo to Washington health policy experts: doctors are people, too!
Healthcare researchers have recently discovered what Adam Smith knew in 1776: Patient outcomes are better when doctors are paid for how well they perform specific medical procedures. This [...]