Here is a link to my interview on Fox’s Varney and Co., last week. Initially skeptical, Mr. Varney came around towards the end of the interview. If the email response I received from patients looking for an affordable surgical experience is any indication,...
Here is a link to my interview on CNBC last week for those of you interested. When asked many years ago, what he would do if pronounced king for a day, Ludwig von Mises responded, “abdicate.” I had this in mind when asked at the end of the interview what...
Many years ago I began to view prices as signals of value, divorced of any emotional baggage. I came to the conclusion that the only time that a price should elicit anger is if the seller has the buyer over a barrel, an argument some would say applies to health care...
One of the most compelling and well-written books I have read in a long time is Thomas DiLorenzo’s “Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth about Government.” In almost every chapter he drives home the very simple point that we would never tolerate...
Daniel Goldberg and his Free Market Health Group are part of the emerging and growing cast that is introducing physicians to the idea that embracing the discipline of the free market, rather than rejecting or resisting this force, can actually be good for the...
Someone recently told me that a large hospital system “lost” 55 million on the primary care doctors they have hired, but “made” 60 million overall in profit last year. Let’s look at this closely.
Imagine for a moment that you own and operate a restaurant knowing that if you provide spoiled food and rotten service, you will subsequently make more money. You openly employ strong-arm and intimidation tactics to keep any conscientious employees from revealing...
A friend recently opined to me about his increasing frustration with those who are unable to distinguish between politics and religion, particularly those for whom politics is their religion. This describes statists of all stripes, I think. Folks either want to use...
Our local newspaper, the Daily Oklahoman, recently published this editorial by Stephen Parente, PhD, of the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Make no mistake, Dr. Parente, writing opinion pieces like this one is in no danger of receiving an...
Kelly Carson, writing for Watchdog.org here, praises the leader of Oklahoma County’s group health plan (Jon Wilkerson) for the success of their arrangement with our facility. I thought it might be informative to summarize the nature of our “arrangement” with Oklahoma...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.