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- Health Care and Healthcare: Immoral and Unconstitutional | Dr. Deane Waldman - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2021 from Deane WaldmanFor decades, political pundits and the mass media have bombarded the public with a drumbeat of misinformation on healthcare. By the power of constant repetition and with dissent suppressed, these two falsehoods have become commonly accepted wisdom: 1.Health care is a fundamental human ...
Views: 417 - Public option won't serve the public - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2021 from Deane WaldmanBY DEANE WALDMAN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 01/24/21 02:00 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/535557-public-option-wont-serve-the-public Democrats now control the White House and both Houses of Congress, ...
Views: 363 - Children Belong in Classrooms Not Bedrooms - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2020 from Deane WaldmanWith the summer drawing to a close, the big question for nearly 60 million U.S. school-age children is whether they can return to school, or must they remain at home, limited to remote learning? States and municipalities differ widely on whether and how to reopen schools based on differing ...
Views: 370 - Vaccination Is Not Entire Answer To CoViD | Dr. Deane Waldman's - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2020 from Deane WaldmanAs the Pfizer-BioNTechvaccine is now being shipped out,and with Moderna's mRNA vaccine about to achieve FDA approval,Americans begin tobreathe easier believing that vaccination isthe answer to our prayers, an end to the CoViD-19 nightmare. Suchconfidence is misplaced. Vaccination is part of the ...
Views: 482 - Democrat Healthcare Promises are Another Fraud - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2020 from Deane WaldmanOn November 3, it was not only CoViD-19 but ongoing failure of our entire healthcare system that was foremost in voters' minds. Close to 80 million Americans apparently believed Democrat promises they would produce a healthcare system we all want. Whether ...
Views: 466 - American Freedom of Speech Has Been "Abridged" - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2020 from Deane WaldmanDo Americans still have the right to speak their minds freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment? Apparently not, as one 19-year-old can attest. Newly professional bike racer Quinn Simmons lost his job when he supported President Trump with one word. A Dutch journalist, Jose Been, had ...
Views: 667 - Conflating Health Insurance with Health CARE - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2020 from Deane WaldmanOur politicians do not learn from history, even our own. House Bill 100 ("New Mexico Health Care Access Wins Final Approval," Los Alamos Post, Feb 19) just passed is touted to "increase[s] access to high-quality health care."Sadly, this is not true. HB 100 will provide additional funds ...
Views: 359 - Medicare Is Doomed — Save the Patients - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2020 from Deane WaldmanMedicare “as we know it” is doomed. It never had chance. What was originally intended as a vital safety net for seniors has become a massive boondoggle that is collapsing under its own weight. In 1965, Medicare started as a medical savings program for retirees. The government would take a ...
Views: 367 - Single Payer Is Root Cause for VA Deaths - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2020 from Deane WaldmanFormer Chief of Staff of the Army and current Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki "falling on his sword" won’t bring back a single veteran who died needlessly while waiting for approved medical care. He is being used as a scapegoat. Singling out specific institutions such as Phoenix ...
Views: 367 - Can Healthcare Success be Health Care Disaster? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2020 from Deane WaldmanHow can success also be disaster, especially in healthcare? As the Michael W. Smith song says, “Let me show you the way.” Remember that healthcare one word means a system, one that currently accounts for 20% of US national spending. Health care — two words — refers to a personal service ...
Views: 548 - Funding the Unfunded, and Their Mandate - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThe Unfunded Mandate is a legal contradiction and humanitarian nightmare that is also antibusiness. It needs a permanent fix, not a modification, adjustment, reconciliation, and most definitely not Washington style “reform.” What is the Unfunded Mandate? In 1986, Congress passed EMTALA ...
Views: 533 - Medicare-for-All Is Poison–“StatesCare” Is the Antidote - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2020 from Deane WaldmanDeceptively labeled Medicare-for-All, Democrats’ plan for single payer healthcare, is nothing less than poison–hemlock for healthcare. It will “federalize” our system, what is called nationalization in socialist countries. Medicare-for-All would exacerbate the three basic problems Americans face ...
Views: 453 - Can We "Build on ACA Success"? - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2020 from Deane WaldmanDemocrats plan to make healthcare a defining issue in the 2020 presidential election. Their rallying cry is, "Build on the success of the ACA!" Is the ACA, in fact, a success, based on facts and evidence, not rhetoric and spin? Did Obamacare live up to its official name? Did it make health ...
Views: 477 - Five Bogus Healthcare Narratives and One True - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThere are so many compelling narratives about healthcare, people simply can't distinguish truth from falsehood. Without knowing the facts about healthcare, we cannot fix it. Following are five examples of commonly accepted wisdom that are bogus, myths, and one true narrative. CoViD-19 is like ...
Views: 440 - Federal Hypocrisy Over EpiPen: A Tale of Pot and Kettle - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2020 from Deane WaldmanAphorisms like "the pot calling the kettle black" persist because they keep being proven relevant. Such is the case with politicians' outrage over MylanPharmaceuticals' price gouging for its life-saving EpiPen: their price has risen from less than $100 for a two-pack in 2007 to $600 ...
Views: 410(1 vote) - The BIGGEST Healthcare Lie: Washington Will Provide Our Care - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2020 from Deane WaldmanBoth Republicans and Democrats in Congress have bought into three healthcare lies: big, bigger, and biggest. The first says health insurance is what we need. The second presumes that having insurance means you will get care. The biggest lie is that Washington will deliver timely medical care for ...
Views: 348 - Medicare Is Doomed - Save the Patients - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2020 from Deane WaldmanMedicare “as we know it” is doomed. It never had chance. What was originally intended as a vital safety net for seniors has become a massive boondoggle that is collapsing under its own weight. In 1965, Medicare started as a medical savings program for retirees. The government would take a ...
Views: 391 - Why Did I Get the Wrong Rx? - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThe reason you got a prescription for the wrong medication is simple. Your doctor did not choose it, someone who never heard your name and doesn't know your medical history, that faceless person decided what medicines you take. These faceless, unseen doctors-without-licenses are government ...
Views: 376 - Will 2020 Americans Celebrate the Fourth of July by Repudiating 1776? - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2020 from Deane WaldmanBefore the American Revolutionary War, residents of the North American colonies were subjects of the British crown. They were entitled to whatever goods and services the aristocracy allowed. Their living conditions and daily activities were determined by government fiat. They paid taxes ...
Views: 373 - Study: Nearly A Third Of Doctors Won’t See New Medicaid Patients - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThis story was produced in collaboration with The Philadelphia Inquirer. Physician’s assistant Ann Valdez checks out Amy Morales, 2, during a check-up at a community health center in Aurora, Colorado. The clinic serves many Medicaid patients (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images). If you’re on ...
Views: 457 - With Tax Season Approaching, the Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare) Is the Only Thing Inside Your Wallet - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not just moving in to your doctor’s office. ACA is also a parasite living in your wallet, devouring everything in sight. The financial effects of the ACA are painful and unexpected, particularly as tax season approaches. Despite its middle name, ACA is not ...
Views: 699 - Healthcare and the Insurance Principle - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2020 from Deane WaldmanAmidst all the talk about signing up for mandatory insurance (or failing to do so) through healthcare.gov, we have probably lost sight of what is really going on. I suspect that you, like a majority of Americans, think you buy health insurance so it will pay for your health care services and ...
Views: 443 - How to Fix American Healthcare: Kick Out Washington - by Submitted on May 30, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThere are six important reasons to kick Washington OUT of U.S. healthcare. Simply put, healthcare is not in their wheelhouse. The solution to our failing healthcare system is StatesCare, not more-of-the-same Washington domination, called single payer or Medicare-for-All. Reason #1: Track ...
Views: 461 - Are U.S. Doctors 'Free' to Practice Medicine? - by Submitted on May 26, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThe title question might seem silly, even ludicrous. It is anything but. In the United States today, a truck driver is free to choose which gear to use going up a hill and at what speed to go down the hill. Accountants and lawyers are free to accept or refuse specific jobs and how to do their ...
Views: 433 - Shoot HIPAA the Hippo - by Submitted on May 22, 2020 from Deane WaldmanIf you work in healthcare, the initials HIPAA make you gag. If you are not in healthcare, you are probably unaware of this 2000-pound hippopotamus that you are supporting. HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (of 1998). In the early 1990s, there was extensive ...
Views: 498 - Release Free Market for Affordable, Accessible Medical Care - by Submitted on May 20, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThere are several lessons we?have?learned from the CoViD-19 experience such as: the unreliability of predictive models; the danger of depending on foreign supply chains; over-reaction can be a deadly as under-reaction; and the need for better contingency planning. There is one lesson we have ...
Views: 382 - Doctors Refuse To Accept Medicare Patients - by Submitted on May 13, 2020 from Deane WaldmanAs doctors become more frustrated with Medicare’s reimbursement rates and rules, many are displaying their dissatisfaction by not treating Medicare patients. The number of U.S. doctors treating patients enrolled in Medicare is falling, according to a recent story in The Wall Street Journal ...
Views: 577 - TLC — Washington Style - by Submitted on May 13, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThe Theft The Medicare Act was signed into Law by President Lyndon Johnson in January, 1965. It was intended as a national HSA with individual accounts called lockboxes. Each worker puts a small amount away each month during the work years, collected by the government through a payroll tax. ...
Views: 500 - Federal bureaucracy is hazardous to your health - by Submitted on May 09, 2020 from Deane WaldmanFederal healthcare regulations with their attendant bureaucracies are supposed to facilitate patients getting the medical care they need when they need it. Sadly, bureaucracy does the exact opposite: it reduces access to care and can lead to needless deaths. Creating federal rules and ...
Views: 476 - Seesaw Proves American Healthcare 'Wisdom' Wrong - by Submitted on May 07, 2020 from Deane WaldmanCommon wisdom teaches that those who have health insurance get the care they need when they need it, and that those who don't have coverage, don't get care. This false "wisdom" is used by progressives to push for government-controlled, single payer healthcare. Evidence proves that this wisdom ...
Views: 390 - No One Runs the Costs Against the Benefits - by Submitted on May 04, 2020 from Deane WaldmanIn 1984, Wendy’s began a marketing campaign that was so successful, its slogan — “Where’s the beef?” — became an American icon. It means, “Show me the proof that I am getting what I am paying for.” When we buy a hamburger, we demand, “Where’s the beef?” Yet when we consider purchasing the ...
Views: 415 - More coverage doesn't necessarily translate into better patient care - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2020 from Deane WaldmanEveryone believes that the purpose of a healthcare system is to get the right care on time to the most people, and everyone is right. Where common wisdom goes astray is the presumption that coverage equals care. Most people think that having health insurance guarantees getting healthcare, i.e., ...
Views: 455 - Will Americans in 2020 Repudiate 1776? - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2020 from Deane WaldmanBefore the Revolutionary War, residents of the North American colonies were subjects of the British crown. They were entitled to as much or as little as the aristocracy allowed. Their living conditions and daily activities were dictated by the government. They paid whatever taxes were ...
Views: 514 - Restore American Health Care by Reconnecting Patient with Physician - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThe U.S. healthcare system is failing both the American public as well as Americans doctors. Fundamental change is needed but Washington keeps adjusting the financing and never deals with the root cause-breakdown of the doctor-patient relationship. Failing both patients and physicians In ...
Views: 494 - Funding the Unfunded, and Their Mandate - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2020 from Deane WaldmanThe Unfunded Mandate is a legal contradiction and humanitarian nightmare that is also antibusiness. It needs a permanent fix, not a modification, adjustment, reconciliation, and most definitely not Washington style “reform.” What is the Unfunded Mandate? In 1986, Congress passed EMTALA ...
Views: 520 - "And this, too, shall pass away..." Lessons from CoViD-19 - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2020 from Deane WaldmanIn a Wisconsin speech before the 1860 presidential campaign, Abraham Lincoln quoted a Persian parable ending with, "And this, too, shall pass away." His words apply to the CoViD-19 (Corona Virus Disease, 2019) outbreak. At the moment, fear of contagion and death (blown out of proportion) ...
Views: 554 - Colorado Took Healthcare Out of Washington and Implemented Medicare-for-All "Lite." Good Move or Bad? - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2020 from Deane WaldmanSupreme Court Associate Justice Louis Brandeis famously urged the states to become "laboratories of democracy" (New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, 1932) by testing new, alternative ideas of governance. Colorado is heeding his advice. With their Governor Jared Polis' leadership, the 2019 Colorado ...
Views: 754 - CoViD-19 Cost/Benefit Analysis Concludes: Let My People Go - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2020 from Deane WaldmanWhen the CoViD-19 (Corona Virus Disease, 2019) first broke out, there was little-to-no data. Without factual evidence, medical advisers had to depend on mathematical models such as the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis from the Imperial College in London. With an estimate of more ...
Views: 447 - Attending Doctor Should Decide Life or Death-No One Else! - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2020 from Deane WaldmanElected officials such as New York and Atlanta mayors as well as clinical physicians, viz., in Maryland and Colorado, are projecting there will be more patients who need life-saving CoViD-19 services than there are facilities--ICU beds and ventilators--available. Such an imbalance between the ...
Views: 510 - "And this, too, shall pass away..." Lessons from CoViD-19 - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2020 from Deane WaldmanIn a Wisconsin speech before the 1860 presidential campaign, Abraham Lincoln quoted a Persian parable ending with, "And this, too, shall pass away." His words apply to the CoViD-19 (Corona Virus Disease, 2019) outbreak. At the moment, fear of contagion and death (blown out of proportion) ...
Views: 483 - Restoring Healthcare in America-Is It Possible? - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2019 from Deane WaldmanU.S. healthcare is failing: it doesn't deliver timely care and spends money we don't have and can't afford. Can healthcare be fixed? In 2018, the average American family spent $28,166 on healthcare costs. The same year, the U.S. poured $3.65 trillion -the GDP of Germany-into its healthcare ...
Views: 521 - How to Get Timely, Affordable Health Care - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2019 from Deane WaldmanTo get what you want, you must first decide what that is. If you believe media reports on healthcare, the public wants to save money and to have health insurance. Money and insurance are not our primary healthcare desires. What we want is simple and universal: access to timely affordable ...
Views: 476 - The cure to our malignant health system - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2019 from Deane WaldmanClinical doctors can readily understand the continuing failure of the U.S. health care system. The attending physicians for Patient Healthcare–Washington, both legislative and executive branches–keep trying to treat the health care’s symptoms while refusing to seek the etiology of illness. To ...
Views: 556 - Nationally Recognized Healthcare Authority Says the Answer to Healthcare Woes Will Please All Americans, Except Washington - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2019 from Deane WaldmanDeane Waldman, M.D., MBA, explains why StatesCare is the path to achieving affordable, accessible health care ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Amidst wild promises and counter arguments about healthcare, one conclusion is crystal clear to all Americans. Washington has made a mess “fixing” our healthcare ...
Views: 562 - In Healthcare,Freedom or Entitlement – Choose One - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2019 from Deane WaldmanHow did 13 small colonies of the globe-spanning British Empire become the leader among nations in less than two and a half centuries? Answer: Freedom and its resulting “can do” culture. Freed from government controls and released from class constraints, the “new Americans” believed they could do ...
Views: 445 - Medicare-for-All Is Poison–“StatesCare” Is the Antidote - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2019 from Deane WaldmanDeceptively labeled Medicare-for-All, Democrats’ plan for single payer healthcare, is nothing less than poison–hemlock for healthcare. It will “federalize” our system, what is called nationalization in socialist countries. Medicare-for-All would exacerbate the three basic problems Americans face ...
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