"The sleeper has awakened." Anyone who has seen the movie "Dune" knows the scene where Paul Atreides proclaims his new awareness. Having recently attended the annual meeting of the Self-Insurance Institute of America I was witness to a new awareness among the...
Integris Hospital system has decided to post prices for a few of the procedures done at their facility. Now before you go off razzing them for the fact that MRI prices are not included in their imaging list and only a few surgeries are included you should stop to...
More physicians are opting out of Medicare every day. The burden of dealing with this bureaucracy, the risk (it is the only “insurance carrier” that has its own F-16’s and tanks), along with below market physician payment underlies this phenomenon....
I stopped accepting payment from the government for my services in 1993. This was one of the most liberating actions of my life, certainly of my career. Recognizing that a payment from Medicare to me came out of the wallet of the young family next door to me for care...
Many of you are following this blog (thank you!) relying on me to provide links to my video blog series in this location, so here are some more. This video blog pertains to the scam of mandated electronic medical records (EMR) systems. This video blog breaks down some...
(I have previously released this as a video blog on our surgery center website…www.surgerycenterok.com….but some of you wanted a transcript…here it is) GKS When my children were young, I used to make up bedtime stories for them, stories they recently...
"What if they passed healthcare reform and nobody came?" This is the title of the piece on the Benjamin Rush Institute’s website about the inaugural meeting of the Free Market Medical Association. You can read it here. While we were gratified by the warm reception and...
Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you on behalf of the Free Market Medical Association. Thank you for joining me. One of the most encouraging developments in this free market medical movement is the appearance of a large number of brokers and consultants who are working for...
Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you on behalf of the Free Market Medical Association. Thank you for joining me.Registrations and sign-ups for our meeting next month in Dallas continue to roll in. Check your calendars, it's April 11th through 13th for the annual meeting of...
Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you. On behalf of the Free Market Medical Association. Thank you for joining me. I continue to be astonished that individuals look to the government, the most corrupt invention of mankind, to solve the very healthcare crisis they created....
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