A patient that wanted to have their procedure at our facility this week had asked us to file insurance for them. What we discovered when we called the insurance company on her behalf to discover the nature of her “benefits” is what has moved me to write...
For $1900 we fixed a young man’s broken nose yesterday, a procedure for which he was quoted $20,000 at a local “not for profit” hospital. (Keep in mind that our price included the surgeon’s and anesthesiologist’s fees while the hospital...
Jordan Bruneau, writing for the Foundation for Economic Education has written a brilliant article highlighting the practice of Dr. Lee Gross. In my opinion the beauty of Dr. Gross’s model is that it provides for and has anticipated the need for a transition to...
Two of my favorite Latin phrases with translations follow. The first, a quote from Virgil, was the life motto of Ludwig von Mises: Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. ”Do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it.” The second...
Peter Suderman of Reason Magazine has written a great piece here, one that summarizes the fact that this “law of the land” is no such thing, as far as the current administration sees things. Not only do large parts of the “law” remain...
I thought many of you would find interesting my interview with Dr. Elaina George yesterday. This hour long interview covered a wide range of healthcare topics. Thanks to Dr. George and her staff for having me on their show. Click Here to Listen G. Keith Smith, M.D.
Keep this link handy whenever you hear someone spew “the wonders of socialized medicine in other industrialized nations.” The myth of the Canadian health care utopia has been effectively dealt with in countless articles and patient accounts of care denial...
I discovered the writing of Eric Peters, like many other of my favorites, on Lewrockwell.com, my favorite libertarian website. Here is an insightful look at Obamacare from Mr. Peter’s viewpoint. Here he uses the devastating analytical tool of reductio ad...
Want to know why big hospital systems are buying physician (particularly primary care physician) practices as fast as they can? Open this link and scroll down to page 6. Now before you get huffy about these “rich doctors” let me clarify what these...
The legendary investor, Victor Niederhoffer (good article about him here), and the benefactor of the remarks I recently delivered in Manhattan, quoted extensively from Albert Jay Nock while addressing the gathered crowd prior to my speech. (Chris Tucker reviewed my...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.