If this is the best the statists can do we are in good shape. Dr. Peter Ubel, no Rothbardian, asserts that price transparency could actually increase the price of healthcare (Lasik?) and that while cardiologists and other super specialists make too much money,...
The release by CMS (Medicare) of hospital charges and Medicare payments this week deserves a response, partly because the figures are wrong. While most of the newspaper reports focused on the gigantic differences between what hospitals charged and what they were...
Dr. Jeffrey Singer wrote this piece for Reason Magazine this week. His article explains why the number of Canadians fleeing to the United States for surgery may have peaked and might indeed be falling. As the Canadian system continues its death spiral, private...
The April 27th edition of the Daily Oklahoman contains an article by Silas Allen about the impending closure of Oklahoma State University’s osteopathic hospital in Tulsa. Hospital officials think they can stay open though if a bunch of taxpayers that never...
The poor and the sick folks who currently make too much money to qualify for Medicaid in Oklahoma have pooled their meager resources to lobby hard for Medicaid expansion, buying expensive media ads under the name, “Oklahomans for a Healthy Economy.” O.K....
Here is a link to my CNBC Asia interview with Bernard Lo recently. He was very well-informed, had done his homework about our facility and was a gracious host. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
Here is a link to my portion of the interview with John Stossel for those of you that are interested. This interview led to my interview tonight with CNBC Asia-Pacific with host Bernard Lo. I’ll post that link as soon as I have access to it. These two shows...
Let’s say that i have advertised the price of an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (all-inclusive) at $6990. Let’s say that the implants (screws, fixation devices, etc) are included in that price (I don’t mark up implant costs). Let’s...
As Murray Rothbard asked, “cui bono,” or “who benefits.” Here is the answer to his question when it comes to Obamacare, plain and simple. Just as the corporate hospital stocks soared after Justice Robert’s ruling, they soared with the...
One of my partners, an ear nose and throat surgeon resigned years ago from a particularly abusive HMO. He said, “never again,” as did all of the reputable ear nose and throat surgeons in the area, physicians whose practices were already solid and busy...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.