The biggest laugh I received during my recent talk given in Quebec was when I characterized the operation of the U.S. health care system as no different than a Mexican drug syndicate or cartel. I relayed to the audience the idea that the dysfunction of the U.S....
During a recent trip to Quebec where I spoke to an international group interested in how our facility works and interested in steering as many patients as possible to us, I was interested to hear my new Canadian friends extoll the virtues of their “single...
The application of the above helps to explain much of what is happening around us, the failure (or success) of the state, society, you name it. Another addition would be Hoppe’s description of time preference and its influence on human behavior. Awareness of...
I am finding that time to write is getting harder to come by. The primary reason for this is good news: so many patients and self-funded businesses are contacting me about securing care for themselves or their employees that I have little time for anything else. I...
The most morbid stories I have ever heard about patient care have been told by physicians recalling their patient experiences at the VA hospitals. This is no secret and is nothing new. Whenever a government take over of health care has been proposed, one of the...
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi I think it might be useful to review the objections of the cartel to the medical free market and price transparency movement, more or less in the order of their...
In my travels all over the country (and recently outside the U.S.!) telling the story of our facility, making the case for market-driven health care, I have met many great people and made many friends. On my most recent trip, I met several individuals who described...
The most frequent question I am asked these days by employer groups and individual patients who have learned about our facility and pricing is: ”when are you going to franchise?” Or they ask, “how do I find others in my area of the country that are...
Here is a link to the Samaritan Ministries website, to a page that includes the video tour of our facility and more patient testimonials. We are both honored and thrilled to have been chosen by so many members of this cost-sharing ministry for their surgical care....
I missed a phone call recently from someone who relayed to our receptionist that he was returning my call. Although I didn’t recognize his name, I took him at his word, only to find that he was selling an investment in a stock fund and was someone I had never...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.